Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 7.17% or 7.60 points to trade at 113.60 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 6.58% or 39.5 points to end at 639.5 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 4.94% or 488.0 points to 10376.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 3.50% or 78.50 points to trade at 2161.50 in late trade. MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) declined 2.28% or 10.40 points to end at 445.80 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) shed 2.24% or 91.0 points to 3979.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 159 to 61 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 7.36% to 34.500.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.45% or 19.70 to $1340.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $66.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.37 to trade at $71.69 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.01% to 61.9477, while EUR/RUB fell 1.47% to 76.2928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 89.51.