Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the gained 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX:), which rose 3.60% or 90.00 points to trade at 2,588.50 at the close. OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:) added 2.92% or 0.99 points to end at 34.77 and PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:) was up 2.53% or 15.70 points to 635.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:), which lost 1.88% or 0.12 points to trade at 6.12 in late trade. MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:) declined 1.24% or 1.30 points to end at 106.50 and Rostelekom PJSC (MCX:) shed 0.93% or 0.68 points to 72.31.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 129 to 118 and 7 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 6.51% to 29.74.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 6.20 to $2,675.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 5.15% or 3.61 to hit $73.71 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.24 to trade at $77.85 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 94.73, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 104.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 101.71.
