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 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 5.15% or 3.20 points to trade at 65.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 4.55% or 2.74 points to end at 63.00 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 3.23% or 18.6 points to 594.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 2.51% or 13.0 points to trade at 505.0 at the close. NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) declined 0.77% or 3.30 points to end at 422.90 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was down 0.35% or 13.5 points to 3839.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 149 to 84 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.96% to 22.490.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.74% or 9.85 to $1343.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $51.58 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $60.58 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.40% to 65.1172, while EUR/RUB rose 0.22% to 73.5331.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.817.