Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 1.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which rose 3.78% or 17.30 points to trade at 475.10 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 2.37% or 1.16 points to end at 50.28 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was up 2.24% or 10.70 points to 488.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which lost 2.40% or 2.92 points to trade at 118.70 in late trade. GMK Norilskiy Nikel PAO (MCX:GMKN) declined 2.03% or 2.10 points to end at 101.50 and Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK) shed 1.87% or 2.68 points to 140.76.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 54 and 6 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.32% to 34.98.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.76% or 44.65 to $2,587.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.78% or 1.87 to hit $69.18 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $72.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 89.20, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 98.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 101.23.