Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which rose 4.72% or 36 points to trade at 788 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 2.99% or 0.850 points to end at 29.300 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 2.62% or 48.00 points to 1880.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which lost 1.80% or 0.0027 points to trade at 0.1459 in late trade. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) declined 1.79% or 0.0460 points to end at 2.5200 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 1.48% or 51.5 points to 3440.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 133 to 90 and 12 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.80% to 28.620.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.53% or 6.75 to $1276.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.43% or 1.60 to hit $45.01 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 3.47% or 1.92 to trade at $53.37 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.22% to 69.5376, while EUR/RUB rose 1.67% to 79.3094.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 96.218.