Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 3.45% or 1.410 points to trade at 42.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) added 2.17% or 3.43 points to end at 161.43 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 2.09% or 0.0220 points to 1.0750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which fell 2.87% or 3.80 points to trade at 128.70 at the close. Surgut (MCX:SNGS) declined 2.49% or 0.690 points to end at 27.025 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was down 2.04% or 0.0167 points to 0.8010.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 125 to 100 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) rose to all time highs; rising 2.17% or 3.43 to 161.43.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.16% to 19.180.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.02% or 13.62 to $1352.62 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.13 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.15 to trade at $54.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.68% to 56.9757, while EUR/RUB rose 0.04% to 68.4500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 91.56.