Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 3.93% or 3.67 points to trade at 97.17 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 3.58% or 0.2400 points to end at 6.9500 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was up 3.13% or 48.0 points to 1583.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 2.90% or 18.80 points to trade at 630.40 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 1.60% or 70.5 points to end at 4329.5 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was down 1.59% or 1.640 points to 101.510.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 107 to 105 and 18 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.65% to 26.100.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.15% or 13.80 to $1213.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.49% or 0.84 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.69% or 1.12 to trade at $67.24 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.16% to 66.2583, while EUR/RUB fell 1.28% to 74.9723.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 97.01.