Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power , Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were VK Company Ltd (MCX: VKCO ), which rose 5.48% or 13.60 points to trade at 261.80 at the close. Meanwhile, ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX: OZONDR ) added 5.22% or 139.50 points to end at 2,814.00 and Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ) was up 5.16% or 0.08 points to 1.71 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX: SNGS_p ), which fell 0.74% or 0.42 points to trade at 56.03 at the close. GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX: GLTRDR ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 519.25 and GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 1,083.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 176 to 67 and 10 ended unchanged.

Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 1.51% to 47.75.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.80% or 21.46 to $2,654.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $72.26 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 3.81% to 100.99, while EUR/RUB fell 3.11% to 106.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 105.71.