Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.46% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG), which rose 4.21% or 32.0 points to trade at 792.5 at the close. Meanwhile, MTS (MCX:MTSS) added 3.22% or 8.40 points to end at 269.00 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was up 2.75% or 3.90 points to 145.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which fell 5.67% or 22.10 points to trade at 367.90 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 2.81% or 129.0 points to end at 4463.0 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was down 2.55% or 2.85 points to 108.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 125 to 97 and 14 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.71% to 15.410 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.20 to $1270.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $58.26 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.13 to trade at $64.69 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.26% to 58.5525, while EUR/RUB fell 0.36% to 69.4900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.89.