Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 3.48% or 18.2 points to trade at 541.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 3.36% or 2.40 points to end at 73.75 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 2.89% or 3.10 points to 110.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which fell 3.75% or 22.0 points to trade at 565.0 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 2.31% or 36.5 points to end at 1540.5 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 2.02% or 0.940 points to 45.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 110 to 88 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) fell to all time lows; falling 2.31% or 36.5 to 1540.5.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.15% to 26.670.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.30 to $1186.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.52% or 0.34 to hit $65.35 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.43 to trade at $71.19 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.71% to 66.8213, while EUR/RUB fell 0.44% to 76.0128.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.47.