Russia equities were lower at the close on Saturday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 2.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK), which rose 1.43% or 6.30 points to trade at 448.30 at the close. Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) added 1.03% or 17.60 points to end at 1,719.40 and ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES) was unchanged 0.94% or 0.00 points to 0.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR), which lost 5.59% or 209.50 points to trade at 3,540.00 in late trade. TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX:TATN) declined 0.03% or 0.20 points to end at 698.70 and Bank VTB PJSC (MCX:VTBR) shed 0.01% or 0.01 points to 96.59.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 13 on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.72% to 47.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.66% or 21.30 to $3,257.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.60% or 0.95 to hit $58.29 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 0.84 to trade at $61.29 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.91% to 82.75, while EUR/RUB rose 0.94% to 93.47.The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 99.84.
