Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.17% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 3.56% or 0.724 points to trade at 21.074 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL) added 3.35% or 6.40 points to end at 197.40 and E.ON Russia (MCX:EONR) was up 1.74% or 0.0480 points to 2.8080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which fell 5.27% or 538.0 points to trade at 9662.0 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 5.05% or 38.00 points to end at 714.00 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was down 3.97% or 7.50 points to 181.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 139 to 79 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) fell to all time lows; falling 5.05% or 38.00 to 714.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.63% to 39.330.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.89% or 21.40 to $1152.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.63% or 0.28 to hit $44.76 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.38 to trade at $48.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.50% to 66.040, while EUR/RUB fell 0.63% to 74.361.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 95.98.