Russian equities finished the session lower on Saturday, according to the closing market report, even as the headline MOEX Russia Index was recorded as unchanged at a new 52-week low. The original market summary did not specify which sectors were behind the weakness - that detail was not provided in the closing commentary.
At the close in Moscow the MOEX Russia Index was unchanged, 0.00%, and was noted as marking a fresh 52-week low. The session's price action for several large-cap stocks showed no net movement by the close: AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX:AFKS) finished unchanged at 13.54, Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:AFLT) was unchanged at 42.50, and ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES) closed unchanged at 0.05.
The published best-performers list named AFK Sistema, Aeroflot and ROSSETI as the top three on the MOEX Russia Index, each reported as unchanged in both percentage and point terms at the close. The same three names were listed among the session's worst performers as well, with the identical unchanged values repeated in the closing summary.
Market breadth figures in the report were stated as "Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 0 to 0," a direct transcription from the closing note. The report also highlighted individual low-price milestones: Aeroflot was recorded as unchanged to 52-week lows, and ROSSETI was recorded as unchanged to five-year lows, with the repeated notation preserved in the closing commentary.
Volatility metrics in the note showed the Russian Volatility Index - RVI, which tracks implied volatility on MOEX Russia Index options, unchanged at 29.61 and identified as a new three-month high. The commodities table in the close report showed mixed moves: Gold futures for August delivery were down 1.72%, a fall of 73.00 to $4,172.90 per troy ounce. In crude markets the July WTI contract was reported down 0.12% or 0.09 to $76.51 a barrel, while the August Brent contract was up 0.90% or 0.72 to $80.57 a barrel.
On the foreign exchange front, the USD/RUB pair was recorded down 0.44% at 73.00, and EUR/RUB was quoted down 0.35% at 83.72. The US Dollar Index Futures were listed as unchanged at 100.62.
The original closing summary also contained a promotional paragraph regarding an AI stock-evaluation product and a hypothetical $2,000 investment in AFKS; that promotional text is preserved in the disclosure field and does not form part of the market narrative in this article body.
Where the source material was incomplete - notably the absence of specified leading sectors - this report reflects those limitations rather than introducing new or inferred details. The price and percentage figures, the unchanged closing values for the named securities, the volatility and commodity readings, and the FX and futures quotes are reported here exactly as they appeared in the closing release.