Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC), which rose 2.02% or 1.000 points to trade at 50.500 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 1.96% or 1.51 points to end at 78.40 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was up 1.80% or 2.90 points to 164.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which lost 3.20% or 291.0 points to trade at 8809.0 in late trade. Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) declined 2.75% or 9.50 points to end at 336.50 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) shed 2.74% or 18.00 points to 638.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 109 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.48% to 35.570.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.23% or 2.95 to $1277.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.26% or 0.99 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.61% or 0.72 to trade at $45.34 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.21% to 65.7274, while EUR/RUB fell 1.95% to 74.933.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 93.74.