Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 7.42% or 10.50 points to trade at 151.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 4.25% or 203.0 points to end at 4985.0 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was up 3.23% or 22.90 points to 732.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which fell 2.64% or 11.00 points to trade at 405.00 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 2.14% or 3.06 points to end at 140.10 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was down 2.12% or 7.00 points to 323.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 115 to 101 and 18 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.14% to 21.570.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.53% or 7.00 to $1310.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.05% or 0.65 to hit $60.99 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.81 to trade at $63.92 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.81% to 56.7853, while EUR/RUB rose 0.84% to 69.3400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 90.59.