Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 1.57% or 9.20 points to trade at 596.40 at the close. Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) added 1.49% or 13.0 points to end at 885.0 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was up 1.46% or 8 points to 590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 3.60% or 5.25 points to trade at 140.65 in late trade. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 3.17% or 1.480 points to end at 45.205 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) shed 3.09% or 24.0 points to 751.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 93 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 4.10% to 22.930.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.16% or 15.20 to $1320.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.28% or 0.17 to hit $61.16 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.31 to trade at $64.14 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.31% to 56.9956, while EUR/RUB rose 0.69% to 70.1525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 89.98.