Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 4.33% or 34.00 points to trade at 819.00 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.09% or 27.00 points to end at 900.00 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 2.76% or 0.530 points to 19.730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 3.39% or 15.00 points to trade at 428.00 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 1.86% or 2570 points to end at 135500 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) shed 1.86% or 0.620 points to 32.660.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 86 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.10% to 28.670 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.09% or 12.50 to $1131.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.63% or 0.32 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $56.88 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.04% to 56.972, while EUR/RUB fell 0.34% to 61.804.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 98.00.