Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Telecom and Oil and Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI rose 3.56%, while the MICEX index gained 2.22%.
The best performers of the session on the RTSI were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 11.87% or 0.0552 points to trade at 0.5202 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 6.08% or 19.50 points to end at 340.00 and Sberbank (pref) (MCX:SBER_p) was up 5.99% or 2.75 points to 48.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which fell 4.60% or 3.550 points to trade at 73.600 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 3.43% or 1.505 points to end at 42.310 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was down 2.94% or 0.0500 points to 1.6500.
The top performers on the MICEX were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) which rose 11.87% to 0.5202, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) which was up 6.08% to settle at 340.00 and Sberbank (pref) (MCX:SBER_p) which gained 5.99% to close at 48.68.
The worst performers were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) which was down 4.60% to 73.600 in late trade, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) which lost 3.43% to settle at 42.310 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) which was down 2.94% to 1.6500 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 101 to 45 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.47% or 5.70 to $1225.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 3.24% or 1.58 to hit $50.42 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 4.30% or 2.40 to trade at $58.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.75% to 65.635, while EUR/RUB rose 1.31% to 74.922.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.07% at 94.14.