Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 2.87% or 15.00 points to trade at 538.00 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 2.49% or 0.0930 points to end at 3.8300 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was up 2.44% or 7.55 points to 316.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which lost 1.85% or 84.0 points to trade at 4461.0 in late trade. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) declined 1.20% or 9.0 points to end at 738.0 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) shed 0.96% or 4.00 points to 412.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 69 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.46% to 21.820.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1323.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.48% or 0.31 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.26 to trade at $69.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.59% to 57.3778, while EUR/RUB fell 0.61% to 70.5900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.76.