Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.81% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which rose 6.16% or 10950 points to trade at 188750 at the close. Polyus Zoloto OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 5.16% or 220.0 points to end at 4480.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 3.80% or 8.75 points to 239.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 2.98% or 0.0361 points to trade at 1.1736 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 2.22% or 13.50 points to end at 595.00 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) shed 2.20% or 8.20 points to 364.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 101 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.43% to 24.730.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.53% or 6.25 to $1167.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.35% or 2.15 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.73% or 2.45 to trade at $54.29 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.50% to 63.8234, while EUR/RUB fell 0.06% to 67.820.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 101.28.