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 rose 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 4.09% or 3.76 points to trade at 95.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 3.96% or 31.50 points to end at 827.00 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was up 3.76% or 11.40 points to 314.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC), which fell 2.81% or 1.500 points to trade at 51.900 at the close. Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) declined 1.27% or 10.0 points to end at 776.5 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 1.23% or 3.10 points to 249.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 102 to 101 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in MVideo (MCX:MVID) rose to all time highs; rising 3.76% or 11.40 to 314.90.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.53% to 35.880.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.47% or 6.00 to $1264.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.65% or 0.32 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.34 to trade at $50.22 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.25% to 64.0713, while EUR/RUB fell 0.71% to 72.716.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 93.54.