Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 7.40% or 10.88 points to trade at 157.91 at the close. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 5.76% or 5.550 points to end at 101.950 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 4.94% or 10400 points to 221000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which lost 4.26% or 445.0 points to trade at 9994.0 in late trade. Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) declined 2.78% or 94.5 points to end at 3300.0 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) shed 2.12% or 27.50 points to 1271.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 106 and 28 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.85% to 22.730.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.36% or 4.35 to $1200.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.70% or 0.89 to hit $53.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.07 to trade at $56.17 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.70% to 59.3065, while EUR/RUB fell 0.10% to 63.228.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.68% at 101.01.
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