Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which rose 4.72% or 36 points to trade at 788 at the close. Meanwhile, United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 2.99% or 0.850 points to end at 29.300 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 2.62% or 48.00 points to 1880.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which fell 1.80% or 0.0027 points to trade at 0.1459 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) declined 1.79% or 0.0460 points to end at 2.5200 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was down 1.48% or 51.5 points to 3440.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 133 to 90 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in FSK EES (MCX:FEES) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.80% or 0.0027 to 0.1459.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.98% to 28.670.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 6.80 to $1276.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.50% or 1.63 to hit $44.98 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 3.49% or 1.93 to trade at $53.36 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.23% to 69.5413, while EUR/RUB rose 1.66% to 79.3084.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 96.215.