Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 3.38% or 1.90 points to trade at 58.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 2.36% or 0.0263 points to end at 1.1399 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 2.25% or 340.0 points to 15460.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 3.17% or 11.8 points to trade at 361.0 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 2.01% or 3000 points to end at 146000 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) was down 1.96% or 9.2 points to 460.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 105 to 105 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) rose to all time highs; up 2.25% or 340.0 to 15460.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.72% to 20.630.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.46% or 6.95 to $1508.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.65% or 0.36 to hit $55.32 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.35 to trade at $59.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.04% to 65.7251, while EUR/RUB fell 0.16% to 72.8075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 98.093.