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Russia shares lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.87%

Published 2018/08/02, 18:35
Updated 2018/08/02, 18:36
© Reuters.  Russia shares lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.87%
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Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.87%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 2.00% or 87.0 points to trade at 4442.0 at the close. MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) added 1.02% or 6.00 points to end at 596.00 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 0.55% or 0.250 points to 45.900 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which lost 9.87% or 67.0 points to trade at 612.0 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 8.36% or 47.5 points to end at 521.0 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) shed 4.13% or 5.00 points to 116.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 152 to 61 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.13% to 24.440.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.37% or 4.50 to $1223.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.02% or 1.37 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.03 to trade at $73.42 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.59% to 63.4088, while EUR/RUB rose 0.21% to 73.6500.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 94.81.

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