Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 3.31% or 1.485 points to trade at 46.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 3.05% or 139.0 points to end at 4689.0 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.27% or 2.03 points to 91.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 1.15% or 1.11 points to trade at 95.01 at the close. NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) declined 0.97% or 11.00 points to end at 1124.00 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was down 0.91% or 9.20 points to 1006.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 115 to 103 and 17 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.82% to 24.790 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1228.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.45% or 0.79 to hit $53.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.71 to trade at $62.77 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.11% to 65.5966, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 74.7776.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.442.