MOSCOW: Russia stocks were higher after the close, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR), which rose 4.08% or 12.50 points to trade at 318.50 at the close. Meanwhile, VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 3.74% or 0.0022 points to end at 0.0622 and ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) was up 2.26% or 34.0 points to 1540.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mos obl sb (MCX:MSRS), which fell 3.16% or 0.0300 points to trade at 0.9200 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 3.00% or 2.30 points to end at 74.35 and Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) was down 2.46% or 25.0 points to 990.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 101 to 92 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 5.53% to 35.890 a new 3-months low.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.81% or 9.70 to $1212.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.35% or 0.20 to hit $57.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.18 to trade at $65.02 a barrel.
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