Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 2.52% or 15.90 points to trade at 646.30 at the close. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 1.24% or 0.75 points to end at 61.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 1.13% or 8.50 points to 760.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 1.85% or 65.5 points to trade at 3478.0 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 1.84% or 10.0 points to end at 534.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) shed 1.66% or 4.50 points to 267.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 85 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.64% to 25.150 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.87% or 22.40 to $1221.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.01% or 0.57 to hit $57.03 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.65 to trade at $67.27 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.25% to 66.0549, while EUR/RUB rose 0.91% to 75.3619.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 96.33.