Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 4.68% or 28.50 points to trade at 637.00 at the close. MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 4.12% or 0.0985 points to end at 2.4870 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was up 3.20% or 0.960 points to 30.965 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which lost 2.02% or 4100 points to trade at 198500 in late trade. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 1.44% or 0.0166 points to end at 1.1329 and ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) shed 0.81% or 10.0 points to 1225.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 144 to 78 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.91% to 26.200.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.61% or 18.35 to $1159.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.16 to trade at $56.80 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.13% to 60.4097, while EUR/RUB rose 0.36% to 63.253.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 102.68.