Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 4.11% or 0.0305 points to trade at 0.7730 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 2.92% or 5.56 points to end at 195.76 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 2.45% or 4.10 points to 171.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 2.05% or 14.00 points to trade at 668.00 in late trade. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 1.60% or 11.60 points to end at 714.00 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) shed 1.18% or 0.70 points to 58.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 132 to 83 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.13% to 27.190.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1230.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.55% or 1.28 to hit $51.57 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.54% or 0.91 to trade at $60.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.38% to 66.0382, while EUR/RUB fell 1.39% to 75.1015.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.760.