Russia equities were lower at the close on Saturday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index unchanged 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM), which rose 0.96% or 0.06 points to trade at 6.22 at the close. Rostelekom PJSC (MCX:RTKM) added 0.93% or 0.54 points to end at 58.41 and PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) was up 0.92% or 4.90 points to 539.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN), which lost 0.18% or 0.06 points to trade at 30.88 in late trade. Sberbank Rossii PJSC (MCX:SBER) declined 0.18% or 0.56 points to end at 308.74 and IPJSC YANDEX (MCX:YDEX) shed 0.17% or 7.00 points to 4,165.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 76 to 23 and 4 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was unchanged 0.00% to 38.49.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.85% or 28.60 to $3,330.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.25% or 0.15 to hit $60.79 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.90% or 0.57 to trade at $62.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.78% to 77.50, while EUR/RUB rose 0.57% to 87.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 99.26.
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