Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil and Gas, Mining and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.48% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 2.63% or 2.05 points to trade at 80.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 2.49% or 7.00 points to end at 288.45 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 2.10% or 3.80 points to 184.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which fell 4.84% or 0.0271 points to trade at 0.5332 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 4.06% or 0.611 points to end at 14.455 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was down 3.82% or 34.00 points to 857.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 104 to 82 and 9 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was down 1.09% to 42.520 a new 3-month low.
Gold for April delivery was up 1.47% or 16.90 to $1168.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in May fell 3.22% or 1.50 to hit $45.15 a barrel, while the May Brent Oil contract fell 2.69% or 1.50 to trade at $54.41 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.09% to 60.100, while EUR/RUB fell 0.54% to 63.890.
The US Dollar Index was up 2.26% at 99.58.