Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.54% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 4.66% or 185.0 points to trade at 4155.0 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 4.32% or 0.0365 points to end at 0.8813 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 3.28% or 0.975 points to 30.670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which lost 2.28% or 2.380 points to trade at 102.220 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 2.13% or 37.5 points to end at 1721.5 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) shed 1.32% or 4.80 points to 358.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 103 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.45% to 23.800.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.19% or 2.45 to $1291.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.22% or 0.64 to hit $51.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.44 to trade at $60.88 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.12% to 66.4525, while EUR/RUB rose 0.03% to 75.6406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.778.