Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 6.46% or 30.00 points to trade at 494.50 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 5.37% or 8300 points to end at 163000 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 4.41% or 0.897 points to 21.222 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 2.38% or 19.00 points to trade at 780.00 in late trade. Mostotrest (MCX:MSTT) declined 1.62% or 1.40 points to end at 84.90 and Sollers (MCX:SVAV) shed 1.50% or 6.0 points to 395.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 99 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.47% to 37.760.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 2.15% or 24.30 to $1152.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.19% or 0.08 to hit $41.35 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.29 to trade at $46.87 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.85% to 67.160, while EUR/RUB rose 1.64% to 75.266.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 96.01.