Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the MICEX Power, MICEX Oil and Gas and MICEX Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI fell 2.34%, while the MICEX index declined 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the RTSI were Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO), which rose 6.12% or 600.0 points to trade at 10400.0 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 3.54% or 3.04 points to end at 89.16 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was up 3.43% or 350.0 points to 10550.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which lost 5.21% or 0.0279 points to trade at 0.5080 in late trade. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) declined 3.42% or 6.20 points to end at 175.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) shed 3.08% or 8.90 points to 280.10.
The top performers on the MICEX were Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) which rose 6.12% to 10400.0, NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) which was up 3.54% to settle at 89.16 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) which gained 3.43% to close at 10550.0.
The worst performers were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) which was down 5.21% to 0.5080 in late trade, Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) which lost 3.42% to settle at 175.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) which was down 3.08% to 280.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 79 to 68 and 3 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 2.13% or 27.40 to $1259.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 1.37% or 0.61 to hit $43.84 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.10 to trade at $48.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.81% to 69.032, while EUR/RUB rose 2.18% to 78.207.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 95.08.