Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which rose 4.73% or 32.0 points to trade at 708.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 2.61% or 49.50 points to end at 1949.50 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 1.72% or 8.7 points to 515.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which fell 14.93% or 1.790 points to trade at 10.200 at the close. MTS (MCX:MTSS) declined 6.38% or 16.90 points to end at 248.00 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was down 5.75% or 8.25 points to 135.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 86 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) fell to 52-week lows; down 14.93% or 1.790 to 10.200.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.09% to 17.160.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.86% or 10.90 to $1255.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.18% or 0.66 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.85 to trade at $62.07 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.09% to 59.1653, while EUR/RUB fell 0.15% to 69.7666.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.62.