Russia shares lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 1.49%

Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 1.49% to hit a new 52-week low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK Lukoil PAO (MCX:LKOH), which rose 1.74% or 109.50 points to trade at 6,419.00 at the close. HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL), which lost 6.82% or 2.32 points to trade at 31.65 in late trade. Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (MCX:MTSS) declined 5.87% or 12.15 points to end at 195.00 and Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK) shed 5.80% or 8.84 points to 143.66.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 244 to 7 and 2 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.94% to 34.17 a new 52-week high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.06% or 26.90 to $2,520.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.46% or 1.05 to hit $72.98 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $77.17 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.02% to 91.50, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 101.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 101.39.