Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 5.34% or 229.0 points to trade at 4520.0 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 5.22% or 1.930 points to end at 38.900 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 3.65% or 8.10 points to 229.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which lost 6.39% or 36.4 points to trade at 533.4 in late trade. Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) declined 2.85% or 2.70 points to end at 92.00 and Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN) shed 2.07% or 15.5 points to 731.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 108 to 96 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.54% to 19.360.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 5.80 to $1254.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $56.74 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.36 to trade at $62.80 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.47% to 58.8944, while EUR/RUB rose 0.03% to 69.3400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.71.