Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 3.51% or 8.30 points to trade at 245.00 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.47% or 53.00 points to end at 1581.00 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 3.06% or 0.430 points to 14.490 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megion (MCX:MFGS), which lost 4.50% or 26.0 points to trade at 552.0 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 3.47% or 6.05 points to end at 168.15 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 2.93% or 3.46 points to 114.74.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 89 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 4.27% to 25.870.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.30% or 16.17 to $1232.33 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 4.04% or 1.93 to hit $45.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.80% or 1.93 to trade at $48.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.68% to 58.3530, while EUR/RUB rose 1.94% to 63.753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 98.67.