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Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MICEX down 0.05%

Published 06/11/2015, 12:45 PM
Updated 06/11/2015, 12:45 PM
© Reuters.  Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MICEX down 0.05%

© Reuters. Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MICEX down 0.05%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.05%.

The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL), which rose 2.73% or 4.10 points to trade at 154.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 2.16% or 235.0 points to end at 11130.0 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 2.05% or 0.800 points to 39.800 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM), which fell 3.82% or 3.71 points to trade at 93.39 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 3.21% or 1.32 points to end at 39.78 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was down 3.11% or 4200 points to 130700.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 98 to 81 and 8 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.63% to 35.000.

Gold for August delivery was down 0.60% or 7.10 to $1179.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.47% or 0.90 to hit $60.53 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.81 to trade at $64.89 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.81% to 54.768, while EUR/RUB fell 0.10% to 61.490.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.69% at 95.24.

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