Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.57% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 2.48% or 1.090 points to trade at 44.990 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) added 2.35% or 4.80 points to end at 209.00 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was up 2.19% or 3.30 points to 154.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 2.76% or 175.0 points to trade at 6170.0 in late trade. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 2.32% or 0.0217 points to end at 0.9151 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) shed 2.08% or 0.0037 points to 0.1745.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 110 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.32% to 17.690.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 3.60 to $1359.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.72% or 0.47 to hit $66.08 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.44 to trade at $70.97 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.77% to 55.7478, while EUR/RUB fell 0.05% to 69.5838.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.56.