Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.83% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.56% or 131.5 points to trade at 3830.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 3.02% or 3.08 points to end at 105.14 and Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) was up 2.64% or 139.0 points to 5414.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM), which fell 3.23% or 2.38 points to trade at 71.38 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 1.81% or 32.5 points to end at 1759.5 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was down 1.00% or 0.0400 points to 3.9425.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 128 to 86 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.64% or 139.0 to 5414.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.65% to 24.880.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.21% or 2.75 to $1289.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.32% or 0.17 to hit $52.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.16 to trade at $61.28 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.38% to 66.9858, while EUR/RUB rose 0.03% to 77.1203.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.028.