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 added 0.71% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER), which rose 5.52% or 9.60 points to trade at 183.50 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) added 4.52% or 6.71 points to end at 155.05 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was up 4.44% or 65.5 points to 1540.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 3.37% or 16.8 points to trade at 481.8 in late trade. PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) declined 2.03% or 54.0 points to end at 2605.0 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) shed 1.82% or 20.20 points to 1092.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 117 to 83 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.33% to 25.810.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.10 to $1208.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.23% or 1.57 to hit $68.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.69% or 1.35 to trade at $78.39 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.96% to 68.3553, while EUR/RUB fell 0.57% to 79.8022.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.61.