Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.83% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.56% or 131.5 points to trade at 3830.0 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 3.02% or 3.08 points to end at 105.14 and Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) was up 2.64% or 139.0 points to 5414.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM), which lost 3.23% or 2.38 points to trade at 71.38 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 1.81% or 32.5 points to end at 1759.5 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) shed 1.00% or 0.0400 points to 3.9425.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 86 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.61% to 24.870.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.23% or 2.95 to $1289.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.40% or 0.21 to hit $52.15 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.17 to trade at $61.27 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.39% to 66.9904, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 77.1184.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.023.