Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p), which rose 3.84% or 71.0 points to trade at 1920.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) added 2.17% or 2.03 points to end at 95.63 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 2.11% or 1.32 points to 63.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRO), which fell 2.87% or 36 points to trade at 1219 at the close. Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) declined 1.90% or 52.0 points to end at 2692.0 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was down 1.77% or 0.460 points to 25.550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 108 and 19 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 8.49% to 42.920.
Gold for April delivery was up 1.26% or 15.90 to $1273.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.65% or 0.63 to hit $37.66 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.68% or 1.10 to trade at $39.97 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.94% to 71.7806, while EUR/RUB rose 2.86% to 80.441.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.27% at 95.96.