Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil and Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI fell 2.46%, while the MICEX index fell 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the RTSI were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 15.70% or 7.51 points to trade at 55.35 at the close. Meanwhile, MTS (MCX:MTSS) added 2.66% or 6.65 points to end at 257.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 2.43% or 8.15 points to 343.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sollers (MCX:SVAV), which fell 6.41% or 25.0 points to trade at 365.0 at the close. DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) declined 5.40% or 26.10 points to end at 457.00 and TMK ao (MCX:TRMK) was down 4.98% or 2.50 points to 47.70.
The top performers on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) which rose 15.70% to 55.35, MTS (MCX:MTSS) which was up 2.66% to settle at 257.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) which gained 2.43% to close at 343.30.
The worst performers were Sollers (MCX:SVAV) which was down 6.41% to 365.0 in late trade, DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) which lost 5.40% to settle at 457.00 and TMK ao (MCX:TRMK) which was down 4.98% to 47.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 107 to 43 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.95% or 11.40 to $1211.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 1.50% or 0.79 to hit $52.03 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.27 to trade at $60.27 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.16% to 62.370, while EUR/RUB rose 0.61% to 70.620.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 94.32.