Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.39% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM), which rose 2.35% or 1.90 points to trade at 82.75 at the close. Meanwhile, MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) added 2.00% or 290.0 points to end at 14770.0 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) was up 1.59% or 1.42 points to 90.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which fell 3.15% or 5200 points to trade at 160000 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 2.88% or 14.4 points to end at 485.0 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was down 2.81% or 0.970 points to 33.575.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 116 to 106 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.35% or 1.90 to 82.75.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.12% to 19.380.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.30% or 4.25 to $1427.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.78% or 1.58 to hit $55.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.65% or 1.69 to trade at $61.97 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.07% to 62.9806, while EUR/RUB rose 0.07% to 70.6883.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.822.