Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 2.50% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE), which rose 6.70% or 234.5 points to trade at 3732.5 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 4.33% or 7550 points to end at 182000 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 3.29% or 1.025 points to 32.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which fell 17.34% or 0.0344 points to trade at 0.1638 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 13.38% or 0.1287 points to end at 0.8329 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was down 7.78% or 11.34 points to 134.47.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 205 to 38 and 3 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 18.51% to 27.850 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.51% or 6.15 to $1203.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.37% or 1.19 to hit $49.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.22% or 1.18 to trade at $51.93 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.96% to 59.3153, while EUR/RUB rose 1.08% to 62.751.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 101.93.