Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 3.48% or 18.2 points to trade at 541.4 at the close. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 3.36% or 2.40 points to end at 73.75 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 2.89% or 3.10 points to 110.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which lost 3.75% or 22.0 points to trade at 565.0 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 2.31% or 36.5 points to end at 1540.5 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 2.02% or 0.940 points to 45.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 88 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.15% to 26.670.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1186.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.54% or 0.35 to hit $65.36 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.43 to trade at $71.19 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.72% to 66.8132, while EUR/RUB fell 0.45% to 76.0054.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.47.