Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.86% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 3.43% or 3.50 points to trade at 105.50 at the close. NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) added 3.32% or 29.00 points to end at 903.70 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was up 3.31% or 54.5 points to 1700.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which lost 7.71% or 10.80 points to trade at 129.20 in late trade. Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) declined 3.20% or 2.40 points to end at 72.50 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 2.20% or 102.0 points to 4528.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 90 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.85% to 23.220.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 4.80 to $1258.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.31% or 0.97 to hit $73.17 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.30 to trade at $77.94 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.23% to 63.0908, while EUR/RUB rose 0.12% to 73.7483.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.11.