Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 2.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 7.28% or 23.10 points to trade at 340.55 at the close. Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) added 5.09% or 2.300 points to end at 47.500 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was up 4.45% or 1.625 points to 38.120 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 7.33% or 7.30 points to trade at 92.30 in late trade. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 2.32% or 0.455 points to end at 19.145 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) shed 1.71% or 10.5 points to 604.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 84 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.96% to 41.950.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 1.28% or 14.60 to $1155.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.25% or 0.08 to hit $32.36 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.15 to trade at $34.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.81% to 76.2669, while EUR/RUB fell 1.78% to 85.230.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.70% at 96.57.