Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which rose 2.00% or 4.80 points to trade at 244.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 1.90% or 175.0 points to end at 9400.0 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 1.82% or 0.420 points to 23.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which fell 2.13% or 3.50 points to trade at 160.90 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 1.94% or 1.82 points to end at 91.88 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was down 1.91% or 1.66 points to 85.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 147 to 78 and 14 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.87% to 27.360 a new 6-months low.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.91% or 11.95 to $1331.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.84% or 0.84 to hit $44.91 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.65% or 0.78 to trade at $46.39 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.82% to 64.3029, while EUR/RUB rose 0.70% to 70.804.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 97.03.