Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 10.13% or 0.0036 points to trade at 0.0387 at the close. Meanwhile, AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 2.32% or 0.208 points to end at 9.170 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 2.12% or 0.0259 points to 1.2497 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 4.25% or 2.83 points to trade at 63.70 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 4.21% or 21.8 points to end at 496.2 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was down 3.93% or 76.0 points to 1857.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 143 to 87 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.25% or 2.83 to 63.70.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.34% to 22.320.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.88% or 11.25 to $1285.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 6.01% or 3.69 to hit $57.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 5.27% or 3.74 to trade at $67.25 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.63% to 64.7962, while EUR/RUB rose 0.87% to 72.4460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 97.703.