Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were TMK ao (MCX:TRMK), which rose 5.05% or 2.50 points to trade at 52.00 at the close. Surgut (MCX:SNGS) added 4.70% or 1.750 points to end at 39.000 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) was up 3.98% or 0.0230 points to 0.6010 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sollers (MCX:SVAV), which lost 4.91% or 22.0 points to trade at 426.0 in late trade. LSR (MCX:LSRG) declined 4.55% or 30.0 points to end at 629.0 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 3.82% or 0.545 points to 13.715.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 87 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.99% to 36.360.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.38% or 4.60 to $1196.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $56.26 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $63.31 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.45% to 50.038, while EUR/RUB rose 1.16% to 53.771.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 98.09.