Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Manufacturing and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG), which rose 2.13% or 0.0585 points to trade at 2.8095 at the close. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) added 1.56% or 19.0 points to end at 1239.0 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 1.49% or 131.0 points to 8899.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which lost 6.68% or 5.15 points to trade at 71.99 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.57% or 47.00 points to end at 1785.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 2.06% or 2.30 points to 109.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 91 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 4.36% to 20.120.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.00% or 0.06 to $1292.46 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.57% or 1.21 to hit $48.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.80% or 1.43 to trade at $52.46 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.31% to 59.0490, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 69.4142.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.44.