Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index unchanged

Russia stocks were lower after the close on Saturday, as in the sectors led shares .

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index unchanged 0.00%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR), which rose 1.40% or 74.00 points to trade at 5,359.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 0.78% or 8.00 points to end at 1,088.00 and Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX:MTSS) was up 0.71% or 1.30 points to 185.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which fell 0.68% or 1.60 points to trade at 235.35 at the close. ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES) unchanged 0.57% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and Bank VTB PJSC (MCX:VTBR) was down 0.30% or 0.19 points to 62.11.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 157 to 70 and 20 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was unchanged 0.00% to 33.46 a new 1-month high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 2.30 to $3,887.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.20% or 0.18 to hit $88.92 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.31 to trade at $96.13 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.13% to 82.69, while EUR/RUB fell 0.41% to 91.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 103.33.