Russian Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Russia stocks closed lower on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Power, and Oil & Gas sectors pushed shares down.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 0.88%.

Best Performers

• GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR): unchanged at 1,083.80
• T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:TCSG): unchanged at 2,384.80
• GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:GLTRDR): unchanged at 519.25

Worst Performers

• ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR): down 5.53% to 2,663.00
• MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN): down 3.69% to 100.30
• OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL): down 3.57% to 31.07

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange, with a ratio of 214 to 30; 6 ended unchanged.

GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS remains at a 52-week low, unchanged at 1,083.80.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI rose by 0.70% to 45.85.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures (February): down 1.79% to $2,707.36 per troy ounce.
• Crude Oil (January): down 0.30% to $70.08 per barrel.
• Brent Oil (February): down 0.10% to $73.45 per barrel.

Currency Update

• USD/RUB: down 0.48% to 105.00
• EUR/RUB: down 0.75% to 109.90
• US Dollar Index Futures: up 0.28% at 106.69.