Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 1.12% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR), which rose 3.31% or 99.50 points to trade at 3,101.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM) added 3.08% or 0.30 points to end at 10.07 and Magnit PJSC (MCX:MGNT) was up 2.99% or 150.50 points to 5,178.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which fell 3.10% or 9.20 points to trade at 288.00 at the close. ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES) unchanged 1.76% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR) was down 1.70% or 108.00 points to 6,260.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 109 and 14 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 10.19% to 39.67.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.70% or 18.32 to $2,653.82 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.71% or 0.50 to hit $69.60 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.39 to trade at $72.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.12% to 99.78, while EUR/RUB rose 0.68% to 104.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 107.88.