Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.28% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 16.33% or 266.50 points to trade at 1898.50 at the close. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 4.32% or 3.16 points to end at 76.30 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 2.94% or 5150 points to 180050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which lost 6.00% or 13.50 points to trade at 211.50 in late trade. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 1.42% or 0.510 points to end at 35.500 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) shed 1.23% or 0.0099 points to 0.7921.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 99 and 12 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.72% to 20.710.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.30 to $1216.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.38% or 0.63 to hit $46.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.67 to trade at $48.41 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.15% to 59.9052, while EUR/RUB fell 0.35% to 68.4090.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.67.