Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 2.85% or 15.6 points to trade at 563.6 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 1.45% or 0.560 points to end at 39.130 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 0.93% or 0.425 points to 46.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 3.16% or 2.84 points to trade at 87.10 in late trade. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 2.40% or 3.95 points to end at 160.62 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) shed 2.38% or 5.90 points to 242.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 135 to 70 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.53% to 28.540.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 3.30 to $1245.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 5.10% or 2.70 to hit $50.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 4.79% or 2.95 to trade at $58.61 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.84% to 67.1274, while EUR/RUB rose 1.03% to 76.2975.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.865.