Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Saturday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 2.71% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR), which rose 1.80% or 105.00 points to trade at 5,932.00 at the close. PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) added 1.46% or 7.20 points to end at 501.00 and Magnit PJSC (MCX:MGNT) was up 1.23% or 54.50 points to 4,470.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR), which lost 6.30% or 234.50 points to trade at 3,486.50 in late trade. TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX:TATN) declined 1.63% or 10.10 points to end at 608.10 and Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:AFLT) shed 1.35% or 0.90 points to 65.56.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 48 to 29 and 2 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 0.58% to 49.43.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 2.76% or 86.30 to $3,035.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 7.41% or 4.96 to hit $61.99 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 6.50% or 4.56 to trade at $65.58 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.47% to 84.50, while EUR/RUB fell 0.39% to 92.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.95% at 102.77.