Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.71% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 7.24% or 347.0 points to trade at 5140.0 at the close. Meanwhile, VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 5.83% or 0.0029 points to end at 0.0517 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 2.25% or 13.20 points to 599.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which fell 1.93% or 10.90 points to trade at 553.00 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 1.58% or 9.80 points to end at 609.30 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was down 1.54% or 38.00 points to 2435.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 119 to 97 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) rose to all time highs; up 2.25% or 13.20 to 599.50.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.09% to 22.440.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1331.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.65% or 1.02 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.78 to trade at $66.20 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.30% to 56.5818, while EUR/RUB rose 0.08% to 69.7475.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.75.