Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which rose 6.47% or 135.0 points to trade at 2220.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL) added 5.21% or 7.60 points to end at 153.60 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 4.25% or 5320 points to 130470 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sollers (MCX:SVAV), which fell 3.41% or 15.0 points to trade at 425.0 at the close. E.ON Russia (MCX:EONR) declined 2.81% or 0.0820 points to end at 2.8360 and ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) was down 2.51% or 39.0 points to 1516.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 101 to 84 and 12 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.71% to 41.750 a new 1-month high.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.81% or 9.60 to $1175.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.72% or 1.62 to hit $58.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.81% or 1.79 to trade at $62.01 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 3.10% to 55.975, while EUR/RUB rose 3.24% to 63.210.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.25.