Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p), which rose 4.86% or 68.0 points to trade at 1468.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 3.14% or 3.78 points to end at 124.00 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) was up 2.05% or 18.0 points to 898.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which fell 4.96% or 117.0 points to trade at 2240.0 at the close. Akron (MCX:AKRN) declined 4.31% or 140.0 points to end at 3110.0 and Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) was down 3.57% or 108.0 points to 2916.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 119 to 103 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.96% or 117.0 to 2240.0. Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) rose to all time highs; up 3.14% or 3.78 to 124.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.67% to 24.070 a new 1-month low.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.40 to $1266.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.79% or 0.93 to hit $50.89 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.03% or 1.07 to trade at $51.60 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.16% to 62.3967, while EUR/RUB fell 0.26% to 68.206.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 98.27.