Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.14% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which rose 7.09% or 50.0 points to trade at 755.0 at the close. Meanwhile, MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 3.15% or 0.0900 points to end at 2.9455 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was up 2.72% or 2.01 points to 76.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which fell 4.18% or 24.70 points to trade at 566.30 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 3.57% or 20.7 points to end at 559.2 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was down 1.26% or 0.950 points to 74.660.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 106 to 103 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.26% or 0.950 to 74.660.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.87% to 15.400.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.55% or 7.05 to $1271.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.14 to trade at $58.58 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 57.7525, while EUR/RUB fell 1.06% to 67.4925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.83% at 94.31.