Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.34% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 4.90% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.1487 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 3.51% or 0.0925 points to end at 2.7255 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 2.93% or 0.780 points to 27.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p), which lost 8.65% or 175.5 points to trade at 1854.0 in late trade. Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) declined 4.87% or 137.5 points to end at 2686.5 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) shed 2.96% or 2.68 points to 87.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 126 to 96 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.31% to 32.310.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.03% or 13.85 to $1329.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.68% or 0.75 to hit $45.50 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.84% or 0.85 to trade at $47.11 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.53% to 62.8612, while EUR/RUB fell 1.41% to 69.894.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 96.08.