Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the were Surgut-pref (MCX:), which rose 1.72% or 0.87 points to trade at 51.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Rostelekom PAO (MCX:) added 1.41% or 1.22 points to end at 87.67 and Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:) was up 1.17% or 2.00 points to 172.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:), which fell 2.28% or 0.67 points to trade at 28.76 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:) declined 2.09% or 29.00 points to end at 1,360.00 and Polyus PAO (MCX:) was down 1.54% or 200.00 points to 12,759.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 147 to 98 and 8 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.08% to 24.91.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.16% or 52.25 to $2,363.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.98% or 0.76 to hit $78.35 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $82.41 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 84.98, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 92.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.15.
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