Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.12% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which rose 1.57% or 34.0 points to trade at 2203.0 at the close. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) added 1.20% or 12.5 points to end at 1050.0 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 1.18% or 0.0450 points to 3.8450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 4.89% or 14.90 points to trade at 290.10 in late trade. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 4.44% or 4.77 points to end at 102.73 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) shed 4.12% or 0.520 points to 12.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 163 to 67 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.90% to 24.250.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.56% or 19.90 to $1256.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.47% or 0.21 to hit $44.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.09 to trade at $46.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.71% to 57.8407, while EUR/RUB rose 0.09% to 64.4030.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 97.48.