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 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:), which rose 0.77% or 0.05 points to trade at 6.77 at the close. Meanwhile, PhosAgro ao (MCX:) added 0.65% or 35.00 points to end at 5,451.00 and Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:) was up 0.41% or 0.21 points to 49.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:), which fell 2.80% or 17.10 points to trade at 594.70 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:) declined 2.68% or 1.35 points to end at 49.04 and Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:) was down 2.64% or 95.50 points to 3,519.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 162 to 82 and 8 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.22% to 27.72.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.60% or 14.85 to $2,494.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.45% or 1.12 to hit $78.10 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $80.96 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 88.93, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 97.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 102.88.
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