Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 3.51% or 8.30 points to trade at 245.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.47% or 53.00 points to end at 1581.00 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 3.06% or 0.430 points to 14.490 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megion (MCX:MFGS), which fell 4.50% or 26.0 points to trade at 552.0 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 3.47% or 6.05 points to end at 168.15 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was down 2.93% or 3.46 points to 114.74.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 126 to 89 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; rising 3.51% or 8.30 to 245.00. Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) rose to all time highs; up 3.47% or 53.00 to 1581.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 4.39% to 25.900.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.30% or 16.23 to $1232.27 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 4.04% or 1.93 to hit $45.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.80% or 1.93 to trade at $48.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.68% to 58.3534, while EUR/RUB rose 1.94% to 63.753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 98.67.