Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 7.29% or 0.0094 points to trade at 0.1380 at the close. Meanwhile, Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) added 2.79% or 20.0 points to end at 736.0 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 2.52% or 20.00 points to 815.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which fell 3.54% or 6100 points to trade at 166200 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 3.36% or 2.82 points to end at 81.18 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was down 3.25% or 0.0195 points to 0.5802.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 112 to 111 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in FSK EES (MCX:FEES) rose to 3-years highs; up 7.29% or 0.0094 to 0.1380. Shares in Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.79% or 20.0 to 736.0. Shares in Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) rose to all time highs; rising 2.52% or 20.00 to 815.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.32% to 34.510.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.25 to $1214.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.47% or 0.23 to hit $49.24 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.43 to trade at $50.15 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 67.0955, while EUR/RUB fell 0.19% to 74.835.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.49.