Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.62% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which rose 6.41% or 0.0500 points to trade at 0.8300 at the close. MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 2.76% or 0.0635 points to end at 2.3655 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 2.05% or 6.20 points to 308.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Surgut (MCX:SNGS), which lost 10.34% or 3.130 points to trade at 27.150 in late trade. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) declined 6.66% or 19.90 points to end at 279.00 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) shed 5.54% or 6.40 points to 109.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 146 to 73 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.64% to 25.770 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.65% or 8.29 to $1263.71 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.08% or 0.52 to hit $48.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.34 to trade at $51.10 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.40% to 56.3368, while EUR/RUB fell 1.12% to 63.151.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.