Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 3.23% or 13.10 points to trade at 419.00 at the close. Meanwhile, MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) added 0.65% or 71.0 points to end at 11003.0 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was up 0.47% or 0.70 points to 149.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 4.64% or 35.5 points to trade at 729.5 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 4.50% or 112.50 points to end at 2385.00 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was down 3.16% or 19.0 points to 582.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 152 to 67 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.06% to 21.570.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.29% or 3.80 to $1325.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.20% or 0.78 to hit $64.39 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.55 to trade at $68.92 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.47% to 57.1439, while EUR/RUB rose 0.18% to 70.3175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.48.