Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 5.68% or 98.0 points to trade at 1823.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 4.31% or 3.49 points to end at 84.49 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 3.37% or 17.8 points to 546.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 3.65% or 70.50 points to trade at 1859.50 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 1.84% or 99.5 points to end at 5299.5 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was down 1.54% or 6.65 points to 425.85.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 118 to 85 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.85% to 29.210.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.61% or 7.85 to $1291.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.82% or 0.38 to hit $46.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.19 to trade at $54.72 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.60% to 68.7119, while EUR/RUB fell 2.02% to 78.3800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 95.843.