Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM), which rose 0.77% or 0.05 points to trade at 6.77 at the close. PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) added 0.65% or 35.00 points to end at 5,451.00 and Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN) was up 0.41% or 0.21 points to 49.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which lost 2.80% or 17.10 points to trade at 594.70 in late trade. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 2.68% or 1.35 points to end at 49.04 and Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR) shed 2.64% or 95.50 points to 3,519.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 162 to 82 and 8 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.22% to 27.72.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.60% or 14.85 to $2,494.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.45% or 1.12 to hit $78.10 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $80.96 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 88.93, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 97.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 102.88.