Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 2.81% or 0.0047 points to trade at 0.1719 at the close. Meanwhile, Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 2.75% or 4.45 points to end at 166.00 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 2.53% or 219.0 points to 8865.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which fell 5.70% or 24.60 points to trade at 407.10 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 1.34% or 1.70 points to end at 125.30 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 1.19% or 0.410 points to 33.920.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 107 to 106 and 22 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.71% to 19.590.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.62% or 7.78 to $1257.18 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.58 to trade at $51.55 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.12% to 59.4767, while EUR/RUB fell 0.47% to 69.2675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 93.91.