Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 6.58% or 1.430 points to trade at 23.150 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 1.81% or 0.0490 points to end at 2.7500 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was up 1.62% or 1.20 points to 75.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which lost 3.94% or 81.0 points to trade at 1974.0 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.12% or 45.50 points to end at 2096.50 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) shed 1.69% or 2.60 points to 150.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 104 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.64% to 32.520.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.49% or 6.60 to $1346.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.47% or 0.32 to hit $68.79 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.72 to trade at $74.20 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.23% to 60.9731, while EUR/RUB fell 0.21% to 75.1750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 89.57.