Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL), which rose 1.95% or 3.00 points to trade at 157.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) added 1.85% or 24.0 points to end at 1321.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 1.75% or 3.70 points to 215.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which fell 5.50% or 9.40 points to trade at 161.60 at the close. Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) declined 3.45% or 21.0 points to end at 587.0 and Sollers (MCX:SVAV) was down 3.31% or 13.0 points to 380.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 118 to 69 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.30% to 28.080.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.27% or 2.90 to $1094.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.85% or 0.42 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.24 to trade at $55.88 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.58% to 57.786, while EUR/RUB rose 1.25% to 63.550.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 97.30.