Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.64% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which rose 3.01% or 8.55 points to trade at 293.00 at the close. Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) added 2.69% or 22.0 points to end at 840.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.54% or 9.70 points to 391.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which lost 1.53% or 0.0530 points to trade at 3.4100 in late trade. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 1.51% or 0.630 points to end at 41.210 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) shed 1.22% or 9.5 points to 770.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 87 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.92% to 18.560.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 3.50 to $1322.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.51% or 0.96 to hit $64.53 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.55 to trade at $69.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.64% to 56.6553, while EUR/RUB rose 0.05% to 68.2000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 91.64.