Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 4.30% or 82.50 points to trade at 1999.00 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 3.87% or 59.5 points to end at 1598.5 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was up 3.08% or 32.30 points to 1082.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 1.34% or 5.8 points to trade at 428.6 in late trade. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 1.27% or 1.97 points to end at 153.50 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 1.07% or 0.515 points to 47.430.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 99 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.68% to 26.390.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.84% or 22.30 to $1234.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.74% or 1.79 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.41% or 2.57 to trade at $72.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.24% to 65.7220, while EUR/RUB rose 0.39% to 74.8758.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 96.19.