Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the MOEX Telecommunication, MOEX Metals and Mining and MOEX Electric Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 2.44% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK), which rose 5.59% or 29.50 points to trade at 557.70 at the close. Surgutneftegas PJSC (MCX:SNGS) added 4.68% or 1.12 points to end at 25.07 and ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR) was up 2.60% or 83.00 points to 3,273.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK), which fell 1.71% or 17.20 points to trade at 990.60 in late trade. Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN) declined 1.60% or 0.62 points to end at 37.82 and Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:AFLT) down 1.59% or 0.99 points to 61.26.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 187 to 63 and 4 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 6.69% to 35.28.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.02% or 27.75 to $2,745.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.14% or 0.90 to hit $77.81 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.75 to trade at $81.28 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.10% to 103.62, while EUR/RUB rose 1.21% to 106.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 108.82.