Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 3.54% or 83.20 points to trade at 2434.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 2.90% or 1.60 points to end at 56.74 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was up 1.29% or 5.50 points to 431.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 3.64% or 16.3 points to trade at 431.3 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 3.39% or 24.00 points to end at 685.00 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) was down 2.97% or 4.84 points to 158.04.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 158 to 76 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.54% or 83.20 to 2434.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.34% to 18.400 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.29% or 16.95 to $1296.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.80% or 1.16 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.37% or 0.98 to trade at $70.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.53% to 64.6648, while EUR/RUB rose 0.42% to 72.7900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 96.748.