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 MOEX Russia Index added 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM), which rose 3.16% or 0.28 points to trade at 9.19 at the close. Meanwhile, IPJSC YANDEX (MCX:YDEX) added 2.78% or 114.00 points to end at 4,219.50 and Sberbank Rossii PJSC (MCX:SBER) was up 1.51% or 4.26 points to 287.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:NLMK), which fell 1.44% or 2.04 points to trade at 139.42 at the close. PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) declined 1.39% or 9.70 points to end at 687.50 and VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO) was down 1.27% or 4.00 points to 312.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 159 to 85 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 2.73% to 34.89.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.45% or 12.98 to $2,880.02 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.68% or 0.48 to hit $70.55 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.36 to trade at $74.25 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.26% to 96.75, while EUR/RUB fell 1.42% to 100.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 107.55.