Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 2.44% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK), which rose 5.59% or 29.50 points to trade at 557.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgutneftegas PJSC (MCX:SNGS) added 4.68% or 1.12 points to end at 25.07 and ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR) was up 2.60% or 83.00 points to 3,273.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK), which fell 1.71% or 17.20 points to trade at 990.60 at the close. Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN) declined 1.60% or 0.62 points to end at 37.82 and Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:AFLT) was down 1.59% or 0.99 points to 61.26.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 187 to 63 and 4 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 6.69% to 35.28.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.02% or 27.67 to $2,745.47 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.14% or 0.90 to hit $77.81 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.75 to trade at $81.28 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.10% to 103.62, while EUR/RUB rose 1.21% to 106.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 108.82.