Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polyus Zoloto OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 4.32% or 174.0 points to trade at 4203.0 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 1.67% or 2950 points to end at 180100 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) was up 1.60% or 3.90 points to 247.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 3.47% or 5.40 points to trade at 150.30 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.70% or 49.50 points to end at 1786.00 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 2.55% or 0.945 points to 36.115.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 99 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.76% to 21.140.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.91% or 11.61 to $1290.91 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.89% or 0.44 to hit $49.12 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.25 to trade at $52.45 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.04% to 60.0158, while EUR/RUB fell 0.26% to 70.3690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.37.