Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.60% or 179.0 points to trade at 5149.0 at the close. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) added 2.78% or 22.0 points to end at 812.0 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) was up 2.08% or 0.100 points to 4.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which lost 9.03% or 52.10 points to trade at 524.90 in late trade. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) declined 3.04% or 7.99 points to end at 254.51 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) shed 2.99% or 6.49 points to 210.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 84 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.46% to 26.470 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.66% or 8.80 to $1316.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.51% or 0.31 to hit $61.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.25 to trade at $65.14 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.56% to 57.4561, while EUR/RUB rose 0.12% to 70.7750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 90.07.