Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.86% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 5.01% or 19.90 points to trade at 417.50 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.14% or 64.00 points to end at 2099.00 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) was up 2.98% or 23.5 points to 811.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which lost 2.98% or 139.0 points to trade at 4520.0 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 2.11% or 135.0 points to end at 6265.0 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) shed 2.07% or 6.50 points to 307.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 99 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.33% to 19.260.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.67% or 9.00 to $1330.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $64.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $69.36 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.57% to 56.4274, while EUR/RUB fell 0.36% to 69.0675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 90.29.