Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which rose 3.36% or 0.0254 points to trade at 0.7814 at the close. Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) added 1.74% or 1.100 points to end at 64.400 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 1.46% or 0.0130 points to 0.9039 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF), which lost 4.98% or 38.30 points to trade at 730.40 in late trade. DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) declined 2.89% or 9.70 points to end at 325.50 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) shed 2.79% or 0.865 points to 30.140.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 115 to 100 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.39% to 27.640.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.45% or 5.95 to $1320.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.40% or 0.61 to hit $44.19 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.14% or 0.98 to trade at $46.83 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.57% to 64.7835, while EUR/RUB fell 0.72% to 72.801.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.36.