Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 3.54% or 15.50 points to trade at 453.50 at the close. Meanwhile, ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 3.32% or 2.210 points to end at 68.740 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 3.26% or 30.00 points to 950.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE), which fell 3.21% or 25.0 points to trade at 754.0 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 3.01% or 6.00 points to end at 193.40 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was down 2.73% or 4.40 points to 156.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 107 to 87 and 11 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.03% to 37.010.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1187.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.17% or 0.67 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $62.05 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.62% to 52.834, while EUR/RUB rose 1.92% to 57.776.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 97.37.