Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 5.88% or 228.0 points to trade at 4108.0 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) added 2.43% or 13.5 points to end at 569.5 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was up 1.01% or 0.0005 points to 0.0478 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MMK (MCX:MAGN), which lost 3.32% or 1.450 points to trade at 42.230 in late trade. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 3.32% or 5.11 points to end at 148.59 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) shed 2.40% or 16.15 points to 658.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 103 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.53% to 24.480.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.38% or 4.80 to $1251.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.91% or 0.66 to hit $73.42 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.15 to trade at $77.31 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.35% to 62.9875, while EUR/RUB fell 0.26% to 72.9175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.92.