Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 2.23% or 14.50 points to trade at 664.50 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 2.03% or 2900 points to end at 145900 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was up 1.33% or 1.15 points to 87.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MTS (MCX:MTSS), which lost 4.58% or 10.65 points to trade at 221.75 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 4.57% or 59.00 points to end at 1231.00 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) shed 3.87% or 3.500 points to 87.010.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 87 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.13% to 24.680.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.55 to $1258.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.30% or 0.15 to hit $50.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.10 to trade at $51.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 63.0042, while EUR/RUB rose 0.07% to 69.566.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 97.65.