Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 3.09% or 65.0 points to trade at 2165.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 2.43% or 60.60 points to end at 2550.60 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 1.73% or 0.540 points to 31.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER), which fell 1.71% or 3.99 points to trade at 229.50 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) declined 1.58% or 3.20 points to end at 199.70 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) was down 1.52% or 6.2 points to 402.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 137 to 89 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was unchanged 0.00% to 20.800.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 6.95 to $1430.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.35% or 1.96 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.72% or 1.77 to trade at $63.28 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.31% to 63.8250, while EUR/RUB rose 0.18% to 70.6303.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 98.295.