Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.76% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 3.43% or 24.0 points to trade at 724.0 at the close. MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) added 2.49% or 11.70 points to end at 481.10 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.04% or 2.23 points to 111.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 9.24% or 2.540 points to trade at 24.960 in late trade. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 1.98% or 12.95 points to end at 642.05 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) shed 1.72% or 0.0705 points to 4.0295.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 125 to 80 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 26.43% to 18.560.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.45% or 5.90 to $1307.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.68 to trade at $76.06 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.43% to 62.2387, while EUR/RUB fell 1.83% to 72.3346.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.08% at 94.57.