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

Investing.com – 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% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 1,083.80 at the close. Meanwhile, ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 4,455.00 and Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was down 0.44% or 0.20 points to 45.24 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO), which fell 3.51% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.76 at the close. Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN) declined 3.16% or 1.14 points to end at 34.84 and Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:NLMK) was down 3.10% or 4.10 points to 128.02.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 131 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged.

Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80. Shares in ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 4,455.00.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was unchanged 0.00% to 46.49 a new 3-months high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.60 to $3,382.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.81% or 1.16 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.48% or 0.99 to trade at $65.85 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.50% to 80.15, while EUR/RUB rose 0.93% to 93.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 97.71.