Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.37% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 3.81% or 1.075 points to trade at 29.295 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 2.55% or 55.00 points to end at 2212.00 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 2.52% or 0.0041 points to 0.1662 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which lost 2.19% or 1.20 points to trade at 53.70 in late trade. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 1.81% or 6.50 points to end at 352.00 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) shed 1.56% or 2.58 points to 162.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 94 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.38% to 22.390.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.81% or 10.65 to $1326.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.90% or 1.03 to hit $55.26 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.66 to trade at $62.20 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 65.4963, while EUR/RUB fell 0.32% to 74.9993.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 95.220.