Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Lukoil (MCX:LKOH), which rose 2.38% or 71.5 points to trade at 3082.0 at the close. Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) added 2.31% or 7.90 points to end at 349.20 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 1.99% or 6.35 points to 325.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 2.00% or 0.440 points to trade at 21.570 in late trade. Akron (MCX:AKRN) declined 1.88% or 65.0 points to end at 3385.0 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) shed 1.58% or 12.50 points to 779.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 115 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.34% to 26.510.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.08% or 1.05 to $1322.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.51% or 1.18 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 1.11 to trade at $50.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.15% to 62.9202, while EUR/RUB rose 0.03% to 70.737.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 95.27.