Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 7.17% or 7.60 points to trade at 113.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 6.58% or 39.5 points to end at 639.5 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 4.94% or 488.0 points to 10376.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 3.50% or 78.50 points to trade at 2161.50 at the close. MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) declined 2.28% or 10.40 points to end at 445.80 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was down 2.24% or 91.0 points to 3979.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 159 to 61 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) fell to all time lows; down 2.28% or 10.40 to 445.80.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 7.36% to 34.500.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.45% or 19.70 to $1340.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $66.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.37 to trade at $71.69 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.01% to 61.9477, while EUR/RUB fell 1.47% to 76.2928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 89.51.