Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 5.19% or 28.0 points to trade at 568.0 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 4.71% or 29.0 points to end at 644.6 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 3.89% or 22.0 points to 587.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which lost 5.07% or 0.3200 points to trade at 5.9950 in late trade. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 2.92% or 10.50 points to end at 348.50 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) shed 2.19% or 1.90 points to 84.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 105 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.86% to 29.830 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1185.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.41% or 0.27 to hit $65.73 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.24 to trade at $71.67 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.92% to 67.4438, while EUR/RUB rose 1.32% to 76.9764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.15.