Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 1.10%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 1.28% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.7906 at the close. Meanwhile, Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) added 0.81% or 35.0 points to end at 4334.0 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 0.74% or 2.50 points to 339.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which fell 4.14% or 4.160 points to trade at 96.240 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) declined 4.06% or 8.78 points to end at 207.50 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was down 3.93% or 7.25 points to 177.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 148 to 66 and 17 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.88% to 21.860.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.90% or 11.00 to $1216.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $67.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.40 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.23% to 63.7418, while EUR/RUB rose 0.88% to 73.9766.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 95.22.