Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 3.79% or 0.0190 points to trade at 0.5200 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 3.46% or 16.00 points to end at 479.00 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) was up 2.62% or 2.37 points to 92.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 3.95% or 7.30 points to trade at 177.70 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 2.78% or 3650 points to end at 127510 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) shed 2.58% or 24.00 points to 906.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 84 and 8 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.21% to 34.970.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.95% or 23.00 to $1199.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.70% or 0.42 to hit $60.75 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.40 to trade at $64.27 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.72% to 53.295, while EUR/RUB fell 0.36% to 60.604.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.24.