Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 2.81% or 0.0047 points to trade at 0.1719 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 2.75% or 4.45 points to end at 166.00 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 2.53% or 219.0 points to 8865.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MVideo (MCX:MVID), which lost 5.70% or 24.60 points to trade at 407.10 in late trade. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 1.34% or 1.70 points to end at 125.30 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 1.19% or 0.410 points to 33.920.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 106 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.71% to 19.590.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.63% or 7.83 to $1257.23 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.58 to trade at $51.55 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.12% to 59.4757, while EUR/RUB fell 0.47% to 69.2675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 93.91.