Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.14% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which rose 7.09% or 50.0 points to trade at 755.0 at the close. MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 3.15% or 0.0900 points to end at 2.9455 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was up 2.72% or 2.01 points to 76.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which lost 4.18% or 24.70 points to trade at 566.30 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 3.57% or 20.7 points to end at 559.2 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) shed 1.26% or 0.950 points to 74.660.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 103 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.87% to 15.400.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.55% or 7.09 to $1271.91 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.12 to trade at $58.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 57.7525, while EUR/RUB fell 1.06% to 67.4925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.83% at 94.31.