Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 4.65% or 91.0 points to trade at 2050.0 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 2.83% or 0.0015 points to end at 0.0539 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 3.02% or 6.45 points to 220.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 4.26% or 5.80 points to trade at 130.40 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 1.97% or 11.0 points to end at 547.0 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) shed 0.52% or 0.060 points to 11.440.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 87 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.64% to 21.720.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.85% or 11.40 to $1328.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.25 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.38 to trade at $68.40 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.47% to 57.7118, while EUR/RUB rose 0.12% to 70.6337.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.15.