Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.28% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which fell 6.00% or 13.50 points to trade at 211.50 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 1.42% or 0.510 points to end at 35.500 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was down 1.23% or 0.0099 points to 0.7921.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 103 to 99 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) rose to all time highs; rising 16.33% or 266.50 to 1898.50.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.72% to 20.710.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.29 to $1216.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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 59.9050, while EUR/RUB fell 0.35% to 68.4090.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.67.