Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which rose 4.73% or 32.0 points to trade at 708.0 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 2.61% or 49.50 points to end at 1949.50 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 1.72% or 8.7 points to 515.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which lost 14.93% or 1.790 points to trade at 10.200 in late trade. MTS (MCX:MTSS) declined 6.38% or 16.90 points to end at 248.00 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) shed 5.75% or 8.25 points to 135.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 86 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.09% to 17.160.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.86% or 10.90 to $1255.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.18% or 0.66 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.85 to trade at $62.07 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.09% to 59.1648, while EUR/RUB fell 0.15% to 69.7655.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.62.