Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 5.85% or 361.0 points to trade at 6531.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 3.27% or 5.20 points to end at 164.40 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) was up 3.15% or 3.35 points to 109.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which fell 6.20% or 0.0034 points to trade at 0.0520 at the close. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 2.72% or 11.40 points to end at 408.00 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was down 2.32% or 4.40 points to 185.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 142 to 91 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in VTB (MCX:VTBR) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.20% or 0.0034 to 0.0520. Shares in Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) rose to all time highs; rising 3.15% or 3.35 to 109.70.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.62% to 18.130.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.65 to $1280.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.54% or 0.30 to hit $55.03 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.57 to trade at $61.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.93% to 59.6422, while EUR/RUB fell 1.19% to 70.2044.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 93.79.