Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.81% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which rose 6.16% or 10950 points to trade at 188750 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus Zoloto OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 5.16% or 220.0 points to end at 4480.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 3.80% or 8.75 points to 239.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which fell 2.98% or 0.0361 points to trade at 1.1736 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 2.22% or 13.50 points to end at 595.00 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was down 2.20% or 8.20 points to 364.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 120 to 101 and 26 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.43% to 24.730.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.59% or 6.90 to $1167.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.37% or 2.16 to hit $51.60 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.75% or 2.46 to trade at $54.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.50% to 63.8236, while EUR/RUB fell 0.06% to 67.820.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 101.28.