Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which rose 2.86% or 2.400 points to trade at 86.400 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 2.12% or 100.0 points to end at 4825.0 and Akron (MCX:AKRN) was up 1.66% or 69.0 points to 4229.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN), which lost 2.78% or 9.35 points to trade at 326.65 in late trade. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 2.70% or 3.80 points to end at 137.20 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) shed 2.40% or 9.70 points to 395.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 115 to 85 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.46% to 23.610 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.30% or 4.00 to $1318.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.41% or 0.87 to hit $60.92 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.76 to trade at $64.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.01% to 58.1938, while EUR/RUB rose 0.78% to 71.2189.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 90.25.