Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which rose 4.19% or 46.90 points to trade at 1167.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 1.68% or 72.0 points to end at 4361.0 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 1.21% or 0.585 points to 48.835 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 6.25% or 49.4 points to trade at 740.6 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) declined 3.72% or 0.2500 points to end at 6.4700 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was down 3.05% or 3.40 points to 108.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 136 to 66 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) rose to all time highs; rising 4.19% or 46.90 to 1167.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.64% to 29.270.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.30% or 1.58 to hit $67.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.89% or 1.46 to trade at $75.81 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.69% to 69.4101, while EUR/RUB rose 1.53% to 80.6045.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.09.