Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.46% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG), which rose 4.21% or 32.0 points to trade at 792.5 at the close. MTS (MCX:MTSS) added 3.22% or 8.40 points to end at 269.00 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was up 2.75% or 3.90 points to 145.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which lost 5.67% or 22.10 points to trade at 367.90 in late trade. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 2.81% or 129.0 points to end at 4463.0 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 2.55% or 2.85 points to 108.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 125 to 97 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.71% to 15.410 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1270.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $58.26 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.13 to trade at $64.69 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.26% to 58.5525, while EUR/RUB fell 0.36% to 69.4900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.89.