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 declined 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 10.36% or 10.35 points to trade at 110.30 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 4.98% or 0.1300 points to end at 2.7400 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 2.96% or 0.820 points to 28.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 2.10% or 0.0154 points to trade at 0.7177 in late trade. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 1.93% or 3.04 points to end at 154.35 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) shed 1.50% or 1.05 points to 68.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 80 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.82% to 25.520.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1209.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.45% or 0.32 to hit $70.45 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.65 to trade at $78.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.76% to 66.3075, while EUR/RUB fell 0.12% to 77.9025.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 93.65.