Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.60% or 179.0 points to trade at 5149.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) added 2.78% or 22.0 points to end at 812.0 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) was up 2.08% or 0.100 points to 4.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which fell 9.03% or 52.10 points to trade at 524.90 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) declined 3.04% or 7.99 points to end at 254.51 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was down 2.99% or 6.49 points to 210.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 84 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.08% or 0.100 to 4.900.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.46% to 26.470 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.66% or 8.80 to $1316.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.51% or 0.31 to hit $61.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.25 to trade at $65.14 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.56% to 57.4565, while EUR/RUB rose 0.12% to 70.7750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 90.07.