Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.15% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL), which rose 4.18% or 7.50 points to trade at 187.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE) added 3.21% or 28.0 points to end at 900.0 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was up 2.96% or 0.0022 points to 0.0762 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which fell 3.44% or 7.20 points to trade at 202.00 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 3.07% or 31.00 points to end at 980.00 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was down 2.66% or 2.07 points to 75.68.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 106 to 105 and 5 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.39% to 35.110.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1105.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.41% or 0.19 to hit $46.13 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.12 to trade at $48.70 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.16% to 63.102, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 68.629.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 98.17.