Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which rose 4.32% or 5.38 points to trade at 129.84 at the close. Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) added 4.13% or 58.40 points to end at 1,471.80 and TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX:TCSG) was up 4.09% or 107.50 points to 2,735.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which lost 17.87% or 10.73 points to trade at 49.30 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 7.90% or 114.00 points to end at 1,324.00 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) shed 3.12% or 46.60 points to 1,448.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 193 to 52 and 8 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 14.50% to 25.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.49% or 12.00 to $2,447.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.75% or 0.61 to hit $80.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $84.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 88.37, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 96.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 103.92.