Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which rose 7.05% or 50.0 points to trade at 759.5 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 2.83% or 0.0048 points to end at 0.1744 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 2.67% or 50.00 points to 1922.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 3.57% or 0.0378 points to trade at 1.0201 in late trade. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 3.26% or 150.0 points to end at 4450.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) shed 2.97% or 8.55 points to 279.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 92 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.41% to 17.320.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.39 to $1299.19 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $50.48 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.19 to trade at $56.62 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.52% to 57.5979, while EUR/RUB fell 0.44% to 68.8400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.92.