Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 1.86%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms , Mining and Power sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 1.86%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR ), which rose 3.78% or 17.30 points to trade at 475.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p ) added 2.37% or 1.16 points to end at 50.28 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN ) was up 2.24% or 10.70 points to 488.45 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP ), which fell 2.40% or 2.92 points to trade at 118.70 at the close. GMK Norilskiy Nikel PAO (MCX:GMKN ) declined 2.03% or 2.10 points to end at 101.50 and Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK ) was down 1.87% or 2.68 points to 140.76.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 196 to 54 and 6 ended unchanged.

Shares in GMK Norilskiy Nikel PAO (MCX:GMKN ) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.03% or 2.10 to 101.50.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.32% to 34.98.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.76% or 44.65 to $2,587.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.78% or 1.87 to hit $69.18 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $72.23 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.03% to 89.18, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 98.77.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 101.23.

Source: Investing.com