Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.95% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which rose 4.34% or 7.44 points to trade at 179.00 at the close. NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) added 4.25% or 19.50 points to end at 478.00 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 4.24% or 8.31 points to 204.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which lost 5.41% or 37.8 points to trade at 661.0 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 3.81% or 152.0 points to end at 3840.0 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) shed 3.66% or 57.5 points to 1515.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 101 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 4.78% to 24.320 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.96% or 11.50 to $1187.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.68% or 0.49 to hit $72.06 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.48 to trade at $81.27 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.57% to 65.4305, while EUR/RUB fell 1.12% to 76.3966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 94.38.