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 MICEX gained 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.59% or 312.0 points to trade at 9012.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 3.02% or 0.0740 points to end at 2.5240 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 2.68% or 23.00 points to 881.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which fell 7.68% or 25.10 points to trade at 301.70 at the close. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) declined 2.05% or 3.65 points to end at 174.80 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was down 1.71% or 2900 points to 166500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 95 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) rose to all time highs; rising 2.68% or 23.00 to 881.50.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.17% to 33.780.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.58% or 7.75 to $1319.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.19% or 1.09 to hit $48.79 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.32% or 1.19 to trade at $50.13 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.17% to 63.9347, while EUR/RUB fell 0.20% to 70.741.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 96.22.