Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 2.23% or 14.50 points to trade at 664.50 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 2.03% or 2900 points to end at 145900 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was up 1.33% or 1.15 points to 87.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which fell 4.58% or 10.65 points to trade at 221.75 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 4.57% or 59.00 points to end at 1231.00 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was down 3.87% or 3.500 points to 87.010.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 87 and 25 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.05% to 24.660.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.55 to $1258.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.32% or 0.16 to hit $50.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.11 to trade at $51.92 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 63.0044, while EUR/RUB rose 0.07% to 69.566.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 97.64.