Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 5.78% or 30.00 points to trade at 549.00 at the close. Meanwhile, RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR) added 4.17% or 12.50 points to end at 312.50 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 3.78% or 5900 points to 161900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 2.92% or 343.0 points to trade at 11420.0 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 2.91% or 2.13 points to end at 71.17 and Mostotrest (MCX:MSTT) was down 1.88% or 1.60 points to 83.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 107 to 107 and 12 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.24% to 41.810.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.75% or 8.30 to $1110.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.45% or 1.08 to hit $45.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.46% or 0.69 to trade at $48.27 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.95% to 67.776, while EUR/RUB fell 0.38% to 76.439.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 95.56.