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 1.36%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 1.13% or 1.03 points to trade at 92.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 0.92% or 0.0066 points to end at 0.7219 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 0.81% or 5.00 points to 624.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 3.25% or 75.00 points to trade at 2235.00 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 3.09% or 5.30 points to end at 166.00 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was down 3.01% or 1.95 points to 62.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 121 to 77 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.01% or 1.95 to 62.80.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.79% to 26.830.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 3.60 to $1231.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.53% or 0.37 to hit $69.38 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.27 to trade at $79.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.37% to 65.7356, while EUR/RUB rose 0.20% to 75.4375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 95.56.