Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC), which rose 2.02% or 1.000 points to trade at 50.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 1.96% or 1.51 points to end at 78.40 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was up 1.80% or 2.90 points to 164.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which fell 3.20% or 291.0 points to trade at 8809.0 at the close. Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) declined 2.75% or 9.50 points to end at 336.50 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was down 2.74% or 18.00 points to 638.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 109 and 18 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.48% to 35.570.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.23% or 2.95 to $1277.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.26% or 0.99 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 0.73 to trade at $45.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.22% to 65.7231, while EUR/RUB fell 1.95% to 74.933.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 93.75.