Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas , Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PIK SHb PJSC (MCX: PIKK ), which rose 3.37% or 15.50 points to trade at 475.90 at the close. Meanwhile, T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX: T ) added 1.80% or 54.20 points to end at 3,060.00 and IPJSC YANDEX (MCX: YDEX ) was up 0.79% or 31.50 points to 4,022.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ), which fell 8.98% or 0.65 points to trade at 6.62 at the close. Magnit PJSC (MCX: MGNT ) declined 6.08% or 254.00 points to end at 3,922.00 and Novolipetsk Steel (MCX: NLMK ) was down 5.22% or 6.48 points to 117.56.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 202 to 42 and 10 ended unchanged.

Shares in Magnit PJSC (MCX: MGNT ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 6.08% or 254.00 to 3,922.00.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 4.52% to 38.48.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.56% or 18.50 to $3,295.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.25% or 0.77 to hit $60.80 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $64.08 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 80.35, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 89.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 99.84.