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 Index fell 2.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR), which rose 2.45% or 155.00 points to trade at 6,488.00 at the close. Magnit PJSC (MCX:MGNT) added 1.01% or 48.50 points to end at 4,836.00 and Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) was up 0.85% or 123.00 points to 14,533.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which lost 5.57% or 67.00 points to trade at 1,136.00 in late trade. NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK) declined 4.67% or 45.60 points to end at 931.00 and Rostelekom PJSC (MCX:RTKM) shed 4.55% or 2.99 points to 62.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 211 to 36 and 5 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 2.32% to 36.68.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.71% or 19.09 to $2,691.49 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.19% or 0.87 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.34% or 1.02 to trade at $77.18 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 2.15% to 102.25, while EUR/RUB fell 2.30% to 105.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 108.99.