Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 5.52% or 100.0 points to trade at 1910.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) added 3.40% or 39.00 points to end at 1187.00 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 1.62% or 0.635 points to 39.885 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER), which fell 3.47% or 8.20 points to trade at 227.80 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) declined 2.44% or 5.02 points to end at 200.47 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was down 1.94% or 111.5 points to 5648.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 117 to 102 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.78% to 19.030.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.35 to $1279.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $65.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.29 to trade at $74.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.65% to 64.7588, while EUR/RUB rose 0.49% to 72.1074.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.868.