Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 3.69% or 26.0 points to trade at 730.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 3.33% or 15.40 points to end at 478.20 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 3.09% or 7.00 points to 233.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 3.35% or 20.50 points to trade at 592.10 at the close. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) declined 3.28% or 364.0 points to end at 10730.0 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was down 3.02% or 17.5 points to 562.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 99 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.33% or 15.40 to 478.20.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 9.33% to 19.920 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.53% or 7.00 to $1320.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.28% or 0.20 to hit $70.94 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.18 to trade at $77.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 2.47% to 61.6473, while EUR/RUB fell 2.11% to 73.4400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 92.62.
