Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 3.85% or 88.00 points to trade at 2371.50 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 1.61% or 9.00 points to end at 569.00 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was up 1.52% or 8.00 points to 533.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which lost 8.27% or 975.0 points to trade at 10810.0 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 7.77% or 377.0 points to end at 4473.0 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) shed 5.37% or 2.200 points to 38.780.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 89 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.18% to 21.600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1354.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.62% or 0.38 to hit $61.72 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.65 to trade at $64.98 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.16% to 56.3095, while EUR/RUB fell 0.71% to 70.0225.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 88.88.