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Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.15%

Published 09/20/2018, 12:35 PM
Updated 09/20/2018, 12:35 PM
© Reuters.  Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.15%

© Reuters. Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.15%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 10.36% or 10.35 points to trade at 110.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 4.98% or 0.1300 points to end at 2.7400 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 2.96% or 0.820 points to 28.500 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which fell 2.10% or 0.0154 points to trade at 0.7177 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 1.93% or 3.04 points to end at 154.35 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was down 1.50% or 1.05 points to 68.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 125 to 80 and 22 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.82% to 25.520.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1209.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $70.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.63 to trade at $78.77 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.76% to 66.3061, while EUR/RUB fell 0.12% to 77.9037.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 93.65.

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