Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 4.11% or 0.0305 points to trade at 0.7730 at the close. Meanwhile, Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 2.92% or 5.56 points to end at 195.76 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 2.45% or 4.10 points to 171.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 2.05% or 14.00 points to trade at 668.00 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 1.60% or 11.60 points to end at 714.00 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was down 1.18% or 0.70 points to 58.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 132 to 83 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.18% or 0.70 to 58.45.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.35% to 27.130.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1230.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.59% or 1.30 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 0.94 to trade at $60.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.33% to 66.0754, while EUR/RUB fell 1.38% to 75.1033.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.775.