MOSCOW: Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower. At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.08%. The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 4.65% or 9.70 points to trade at 218.40 at the close. Meanwhile, SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 3.60% or 5.86 points to end at 168.86 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 2.01% or 5.60 points to 284.55 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which fell 3.30% or 6000 points to trade at 176000 at the close. Severstal – ao (MCX:CHMF) declined 1.98% or 17.00 points to end at 843.00 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was down 1.88% or 0.0036 points to 0.1854. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 112 to 95 and 25 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.37% to 23.720. Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 6.05 to $1254.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.08% or 0.55 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.54 to trade at $54.90 a barrel. USD/RUB was down 0.32% to 56.1988, while EUR/RUB fell 0.07% to 59.864. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 100.54.
