Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 15.33% or 4.040 points to trade at 30.395 at the close. Meanwhile, NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) added 2.79% or 13.6 points to end at 500.4 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) was up 2.20% or 0.110 points to 5.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 6.93% or 28.4 points to trade at 381.6 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 3.00% or 2.40 points to end at 77.50 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was down 2.99% or 110.0 points to 3565.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 128 to 85 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.00% or 2.40 to 77.50.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.47% to 27.310.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.38% or 4.75 to $1261.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 4.84% or 2.33 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 4.35% or 2.49 to trade at $54.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.35% to 68.3807, while EUR/RUB rose 1.74% to 78.1023.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.157.