Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Oil&Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 2.31% or 40.0 points to trade at 1768.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 1.09% or 1.86 points to end at 173.26 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 1.07% or 7.20 points to 683.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 2.77% or 67.80 points to trade at 2383.20 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 1.35% or 2.21 points to end at 161.79 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was down 1.23% or 2.50 points to 200.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 127 to 105 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.83% to 20.200.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.10% or 1.25 to $1275.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $63.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $71.67 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.19% to 63.9776, while EUR/RUB fell 0.32% to 71.8950.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 97.150.
