Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 3.69% or 26.0 points to trade at 730.0 at the close. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 3.33% or 15.40 points to end at 478.20 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 3.09% or 7.00 points to 233.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 3.35% or 20.50 points to trade at 592.10 in late trade. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) declined 3.28% or 364.0 points to end at 10730.0 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) shed 3.02% or 17.5 points to 562.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 99 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 9.33% to 19.920 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.53% or 7.00 to $1320.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.28% or 0.20 to hit $70.94 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.18 to trade at $77.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 2.47% to 61.6488, while EUR/RUB fell 2.11% to 73.4400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 92.62.