Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.82% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 8.88% or 106.00 points to trade at 1300.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 4.26% or 0.0267 points to end at 0.6540 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was up 4.09% or 25.10 points to 638.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRO), which fell 3.60% or 38 points to trade at 1019 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 2.21% or 2.00 points to end at 88.30 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was down 1.37% or 4.10 points to 296.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 119 to 96 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) rose to all time highs; up 8.88% or 106.00 to 1300.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.19% to 35.280.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.18% or 14.80 to $1265.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.82% or 0.37 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.44 to trade at $47.37 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.01% to 64.4755, while EUR/RUB fell 0.93% to 73.078.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 93.88.