Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 3.43% or 74.0 points to trade at 2232.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) added 3.10% or 161.0 points to end at 5356.0 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 2.99% or 0.1270 points to 4.3800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 0.84% or 8.10 points to trade at 961.90 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 0.59% or 900 points to end at 151200 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was down 0.53% or 0.33 points to 61.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 133 to 87 and 19 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.28% to 20.780.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.75% or 11.55 to $1537.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.13% or 0.63 to hit $56.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.30 to trade at $60.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.40% to 66.5084, while EUR/RUB fell 0.66% to 73.5025.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 98.412.