Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Akron (MCX:AKRN), which rose 5.56% or 185.0 points to trade at 3514.0 at the close. Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN) added 2.77% or 21.5 points to end at 799.0 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 2.26% or 0.900 points to 40.760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which lost 2.02% or 2.66 points to trade at 128.81 in late trade. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 2.02% or 2.30 points to end at 111.70 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) shed 1.65% or 9.40 points to 561.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 98 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.80% to 20.180.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.60% or 7.73 to $1290.63 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.41% or 0.19 to hit $46.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.54 to trade at $50.81 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.63% to 59.0133, while EUR/RUB fell 0.86% to 69.3075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.54.