Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which rose 2.19% or 3.50 points to trade at 163.00 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) added 1.98% or 0.900 points to end at 46.400 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 1.80% or 0.480 points to 27.130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 4.57% or 5.20 points to trade at 108.60 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 3.13% or 58.5 points to end at 1813.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) shed 1.58% or 4.60 points to 286.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 100 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.72% to 22.430.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.13% or 14.60 to $1304.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.13% or 0.81 to hit $71.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.59 to trade at $79.21 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.14% to 61.4378, while EUR/RUB rose 0.40% to 72.0325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.69.