Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which rose 1.10% or 6.55 points to trade at 601.55 at the close. Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR) added 0.35% or 0.34 points to end at 98.16 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR), which lost 6.80% or 299.00 points to trade at 4,098.00 in late trade. Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR) declined 2.73% or 105.50 points to end at 3,754.50 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) shed 2.54% or 0.54 points to 20.82.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 109 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.22% to 27.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.72% or 17.90 to $2,490.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.26% or 0.98 to hit $76.93 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $80.01 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 85.49, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 92.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 104.13.