Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.36% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which rose 4.53% or 0.0475 points to trade at 1.0965 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 3.79% or 0.910 points to end at 24.940 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 3.56% or 1.020 points to 29.670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 4.61% or 13.30 points to trade at 275.00 in late trade. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 3.07% or 0.0067 points to end at 0.2116 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) shed 2.85% or 0.1115 points to 3.8005.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 105 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.04% to 24.660.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 1.07% or 12.95 to $1199.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.67% or 0.34 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.34 to trade at $54.26 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.37% to 59.7772, while EUR/RUB rose 0.46% to 63.539.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 101.44.