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Russia shares lower at close of trade; MICEX down 0.79%

Published 11/08/2017, 17:35
Updated 11/08/2017, 17:36
© Reuters.  Russia shares lower at close of trade; MICEX down 0.79%
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Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.79%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which rose 2.45% or 0.0195 points to trade at 0.8150 at the close. Polyus Zoloto OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 2.31% or 97.0 points to end at 4300.0 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 2.18% or 0.0190 points to 0.8900 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 3.05% or 54.50 points to trade at 1731.50 in late trade. Surgut (MCX:SNGS) declined 2.68% or 0.725 points to end at 26.325 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) shed 2.61% or 22.20 points to 828.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 138 to 83 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 8.34% to 19.790.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.53 to $1292.63 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $48.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.12 to trade at $51.78 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.46% to 59.8392, while EUR/RUB rose 0.38% to 70.6380.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.03.

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