Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 0.67% or 5.10 points to trade at 760.90 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 0.56% or 950 points to end at 170450 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was up 0.33% or 0.0250 points to 7.5200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 2.36% or 51.20 points to trade at 2115.00 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) declined 1.68% or 3.48 points to end at 203.41 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was down 1.62% or 0.0083 points to 0.5027.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 131 to 81 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.67% or 5.10 to 760.90.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.04% to 23.750.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.04% or 14.05 to $1333.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.17% or 0.10 to hit $57.06 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $67.17 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.36% to 65.3981, while EUR/RUB fell 0.47% to 74.1175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 96.438.