Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 3.15% or 0.680 points to trade at 22.260 at the close. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) added 2.99% or 4.70 points to end at 161.70 and Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL) was up 2.56% or 4.90 points to 196.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 4.09% or 3.72 points to trade at 87.28 in late trade. Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) declined 2.41% or 2.19 points to end at 88.51 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) shed 2.19% or 3400 points to 151500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 105 to 105 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.60% to 37.110.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.46% or 5.00 to $1079.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.84% or 1.22 to hit $41.71 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.78% or 1.29 to trade at $45.31 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.79% to 66.593, while EUR/RUB rose 2.32% to 71.836.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 98.78.