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 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 1.82% or 42.00 points to trade at 2345.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 1.72% or 0.0490 points to end at 2.9000 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 0.88% or 99.0 points to 11359.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which fell 5.42% or 5.750 points to trade at 100.250 at the close. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) declined 3.82% or 2.85 points to end at 71.80 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was down 3.74% or 6450 points to 166050.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 98 to 95 and 27 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 8.05% to 20.210.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.24% or 3.00 to $1247.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.02% or 0.72 to hit $69.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $73.55 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.31% to 62.1628, while EUR/RUB fell 0.19% to 72.6405.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.48.