Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX:TCSG), which rose 3.60% or 90.00 points to trade at 2,588.50 at the close. Meanwhile, OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) added 2.92% or 0.99 points to end at 34.77 and PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) was up 2.53% or 15.70 points to 635.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM), which fell 1.88% or 0.12 points to trade at 6.12 at the close. MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN) declined 1.24% or 1.30 points to end at 106.50 and Rostelekom PJSC (MCX:RTKM) was down 0.93% or 0.68 points to 72.31.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 129 to 118 and 7 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 6.51% to 29.74.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 6.20 to $2,675.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 5.15% or 3.61 to hit $73.71 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.25 to trade at $77.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.04% to 94.72, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 104.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 101.71.