Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.82% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 8.54% or 77.50 points to trade at 984.50 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 4.69% or 66.50 points to end at 1485.50 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 4.22% or 0.950 points to 23.450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 2.76% or 0.0235 points to trade at 0.8290 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 1.77% or 0.600 points to end at 33.310 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) shed 1.16% or 8.00 points to 684.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 130 to 83 and 31 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.04% to 25.570.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.48% or 6.45 to $1340.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.91% or 0.80 to hit $41.12 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 0.68 to trade at $43.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.11% to 66.6691, while EUR/RUB rose 1.64% to 73.874.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 96.60.