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 gained 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 4.68% or 28.50 points to trade at 637.00 at the close. Meanwhile, MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 4.12% or 0.0985 points to end at 2.4870 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was up 3.20% or 0.960 points to 30.965 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which fell 2.02% or 4100 points to trade at 198500 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 1.44% or 0.0166 points to end at 1.1329 and ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) was down 0.81% or 10.0 points to 1225.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 144 to 78 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.81% or 10.0 to 1225.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.52% to 26.100.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.62% or 18.45 to $1159.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.18 to trade at $56.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.13% to 60.4100, while EUR/RUB rose 0.36% to 63.253.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 102.68.