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 declined 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:), which rose 1.49% or 9.00 points to trade at 614.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NOVATEK (MCX:) added 0.57% or 5.80 points to end at 1,017.80 and Polyus PAO (MCX:) was up 0.34% or 42.50 points to 12,368.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:), which fell 3.27% or 14.80 points to trade at 438.00 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:) declined 2.38% or 0.16 points to end at 6.73 and AFK Sistema (MCX:) was down 2.31% or 0.47 points to 19.93.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 167 to 71 and 16 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 18.43% to 24.39 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.43% or 34.90 to $2,467.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.14% or 0.86 to hit $76.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $78.96 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 86.73, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 94.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 103.01.
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