Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE), which rose 7.55% or 265.5 points to trade at 3780.5 at the close. Meanwhile, MiMES Rostelekom OAO Pref (MCX:RTKM_p) added 4.68% or 2.95 points to end at 65.95 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 3.78% or 6.50 points to 178.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which fell 6.59% or 178.0 points to trade at 2522.0 at the close. Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) declined 2.78% or 25.90 points to end at 906.10 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was down 2.62% or 19.80 points to 735.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 126 to 93 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.76% to 25.340.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.42% or 5.15 to $1234.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.13% or 0.59 to hit $52.93 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.41 to trade at $55.53 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.56% to 58.8985, while EUR/RUB fell 0.63% to 62.782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 100.59.