Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 4.09% or 3.76 points to trade at 95.61 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 3.96% or 31.50 points to end at 827.00 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was up 3.76% or 11.40 points to 314.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC), which lost 2.81% or 1.500 points to trade at 51.900 in late trade. Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) declined 1.27% or 10.0 points to end at 776.5 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) shed 1.23% or 3.10 points to 249.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 101 and 28 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.53% to 35.880.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.44% or 5.55 to $1264.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.63% or 0.31 to hit $49.44 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.34 to trade at $50.22 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.26% to 64.0653, while EUR/RUB fell 0.71% to 72.716.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 93.54.