Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.76% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 3.43% or 24.0 points to trade at 724.0 at the close. Meanwhile, MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) added 2.49% or 11.70 points to end at 481.10 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.04% or 2.23 points to 111.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which fell 9.24% or 2.540 points to trade at 24.960 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 1.98% or 12.95 points to end at 642.05 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was down 1.72% or 0.0705 points to 4.0295.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 125 to 80 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 26.84% to 18.620.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.44% or 5.70 to $1307.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.68 to trade at $76.06 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.44% to 62.2321, while EUR/RUB fell 1.83% to 72.3299.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.10% at 94.59.