Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR), which rose 9.32% or 327.50 points to trade at 3,841.50 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 8.31% or 4.35 points to end at 56.68 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR) was up 7.95% or 39.55 points to 537.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER), which lost 6.57% or 20.81 points to trade at 295.87 in late trade. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) declined 6.56% or 20.79 points to end at 295.99 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 227 to 23 and 2 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 16.12% to 26.06.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.73% or 41.20 to $2,420.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 0.74 to hit $82.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $85.53 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 86.98, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 94.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 104.16.