Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.02%

Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Oil&Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.02%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM), which rose 3.74% or 0.23 points to trade at 6.30 at the close. PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) added 3.51% or 184.00 points to end at 5,432.00 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) was up 2.19% or 0.74 points to 34.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR), which lost 2.33% or 78.00 points to trade at 3,263.00 in late trade. TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX:TCSG) declined 1.71% or 45.50 points to end at 2,614.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 1.58% or 3.43 points to 213.21.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 160 to 89 and 5 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.16% to 31.28.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 10.40 to $2,695.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.20% or 2.23 to hit $67.46 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $70.92 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 92.61, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 103.50.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.31.