Russia shares decrease at shut of commerce; MOEX Russia Index down 0.47%

Investing.com – Russia shares had been decrease after the shut on Wednesday, as losses within the Telecoms, Energy and Mining sectors led shares decrease.

On the shut in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 0.47%.

One of the best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index had been VK Firm Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which rose 1.83% or 4.60 factors to commerce at 256.20 on the shut. In the meantime, Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 1.82% or 1.01 factors to finish at 56.51 and Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) was up 1.81% or 267.00 factors to fifteen,044.00 in late commerce.

The worst performers of the session had been ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES), which unchanged 0.90% or 0.00 factors to commerce at 0.07 on the shut. Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) declined 0.59% or 0.01 factors to finish at 1.68 and FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:HYDR) was 0.45% or 0.00 factors to 0.47.

Falling shares outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Inventory Change by 123 to 114 and 12 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index choices, was down 15.84% to 39.85.

Gold Futures for February supply was up 1.26% or 34.36 to $2,752.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities buying and selling, Crude oil for supply in January rose 2.51% or 1.72 to hit $70.31 a barrel, whereas the February Brent oil contract rose 1.93% or 1.39 to commerce at $73.58 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 2.39% to 105.50, whereas EUR/RUB rose 2.06% to 110.72.

The US Greenback Index Futures was up 0.27% at 106.36.