Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 6.58% or 1.430 points to trade at 23.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 1.81% or 0.0490 points to end at 2.7500 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was up 1.62% or 1.20 points to 75.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which fell 3.94% or 81.0 points to trade at 1974.0 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.12% or 45.50 points to end at 2096.50 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was down 1.69% or 2.60 points to 150.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 105 to 104 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.61% to 32.530.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.49% or 6.60 to $1346.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.50% or 0.34 to hit $68.81 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.74 to trade at $74.22 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.24% to 60.9781, while EUR/RUB fell 0.21% to 75.1750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 89.57.