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 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR), which rose 9.32% or 327.50 points to trade at 3,841.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 8.31% or 4.35 points to end at 56.68 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR) was up 7.95% or 39.55 points to 537.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER), which fell 6.57% or 20.81 points to trade at 295.87 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) declined 6.56% or 20.79 points to end at 295.99 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 227 to 23 and 2 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 16.12% to 26.06.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.73% or 41.20 to $2,420.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 0.74 to hit $82.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $85.53 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 86.99, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 94.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 104.16.