Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which rose 1.49% or 9.00 points to trade at 614.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) added 0.57% or 5.80 points to end at 1,017.80 and Polyus PAO (MCX:PLZL) was up 0.34% or 42.50 points to 12,368.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO), which fell 3.27% or 14.80 points to trade at 438.00 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) declined 2.38% or 0.16 points to end at 6.73 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was down 2.31% or 0.47 points to 19.93.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 167 to 71 and 16 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 18.43% to 24.39 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.43% or 34.90 to $2,467.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.14% or 0.86 to hit $76.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $78.96 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 86.73, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 94.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 103.01.