Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.71% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 7.24% or 347.0 points to trade at 5140.0 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 5.83% or 0.0029 points to end at 0.0517 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 2.25% or 13.20 points to 599.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which lost 1.93% or 10.90 points to trade at 553.00 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 1.58% or 9.80 points to end at 609.30 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) shed 1.54% or 38.00 points to 2435.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 97 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.09% to 22.440.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1331.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.65% or 1.02 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.78 to trade at $66.20 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.30% to 56.5813, while EUR/RUB rose 0.08% to 69.7477.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.75.