Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which rose 1.10% or 6.55 points to trade at 601.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR) added 0.35% or 0.34 points to end at 98.16 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR), which fell 6.80% or 299.00 points to trade at 4,098.00 at the close. Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR) declined 2.73% or 105.50 points to end at 3,754.50 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was down 2.54% or 0.54 points to 20.82.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 133 to 109 and 11 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.22% to 27.52.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.72% or 17.90 to $2,490.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.26% or 0.98 to hit $76.93 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $80.04 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 85.49, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 92.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 104.13.