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 rose 1.82% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 8.88% or 106.00 points to trade at 1300.00 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 4.26% or 0.0267 points to end at 0.6540 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was up 4.09% or 25.10 points to 638.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRO), which lost 3.60% or 38 points to trade at 1019 in late trade. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 2.21% or 2.00 points to end at 88.30 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) shed 1.37% or 4.10 points to 296.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 96 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.19% to 35.280.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.19% or 14.85 to $1265.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.86% or 0.39 to hit $45.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.46 to trade at $47.39 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.00% to 64.4791, while EUR/RUB fell 0.93% to 73.078.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 93.88.