Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 3.54% or 15.50 points to trade at 453.50 at the close. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 3.32% or 2.210 points to end at 68.740 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 3.26% or 30.00 points to 950.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE), which lost 3.21% or 25.0 points to trade at 754.0 in late trade. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 3.01% or 6.00 points to end at 193.40 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) shed 2.73% or 4.40 points to 156.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 87 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.03% to 37.010.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.08% or 0.90 to $1187.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.15% or 0.66 to hit $56.85 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $62.05 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.62% to 52.834, while EUR/RUB rose 1.92% to 57.776.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 97.37.