Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 6.02% or 33.5 points to trade at 590.0 at the close. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) added 4.93% or 37.0 points to end at 788.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 3.63% or 16.70 points to 476.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which lost 3.33% or 60.0 points to trade at 1740.0 in late trade. MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) declined 3.10% or 15.00 points to end at 469.00 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) shed 1.19% or 2050 points to 170200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 133 to 81 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.93% to 28.170.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.40 to $1318.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.45 to trade at $74.45 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.32% to 62.6377, while EUR/RUB fell 0.11% to 75.8975.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 91.29.