Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM), which rose 2.57% or 2.07 points to trade at 82.57 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 2.05% or 15.80 points to end at 784.90 and HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR) was up 1.72% or 66.00 points to 3,908.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which lost 1.62% or 9.95 points to trade at 604.05 in late trade. OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) declined 0.95% or 0.33 points to end at 34.42 and VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO) shed 0.82% or 3.60 points to 434.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 103 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 11.17% to 31.96.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 7.30 to $2,470.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.04% or 0.79 to hit $76.98 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.28 to trade at $79.44 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.18% to 86.90, while EUR/RUB rose 0.15% to 94.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.97.