Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which rose 2.71% or 300.0 points to trade at 11350.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) added 2.27% or 2.30 points to end at 103.40 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 0.95% or 0.370 points to 39.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which fell 3.16% or 0.2800 points to trade at 8.5800 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 3.15% or 240.0 points to end at 7370.0 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was down 2.99% or 59.50 points to 1932.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 136 to 80 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.71% or 300.0 to 11350.0. Shares in Magnit (MCX:MGNT) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.15% or 240.0 to 7370.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.93% to 15.950.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.24 to $1277.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $54.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.10 to trade at $60.59 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.07% to 58.3193, while EUR/RUB rose 0.37% to 67.9925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.61.