Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.86% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 5.01% or 19.90 points to trade at 417.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.14% or 64.00 points to end at 2099.00 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) was up 2.98% or 23.5 points to 811.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which fell 2.98% or 139.0 points to trade at 4520.0 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 2.11% or 135.0 points to end at 6265.0 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was down 2.07% or 6.50 points to 307.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 123 to 99 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; up 5.01% or 19.90 to 417.50. Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.14% or 64.00 to 2099.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.33% to 19.260.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.67% or 9.00 to $1330.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $64.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $69.36 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.57% to 56.4285, while EUR/RUB fell 0.36% to 69.0675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 90.29.