Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.71% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 4.28% or 31.0 points to trade at 755.0 at the close. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 3.82% or 17.80 points to end at 483.50 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was up 3.69% or 0.2350 points to 6.6000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 6.61% or 7.60 points to trade at 107.35 in late trade. Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) declined 3.83% or 2.73 points to end at 68.56 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) shed 2.72% or 0.790 points to 28.260.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 82 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 9.70% to 16.940.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.12% or 27.70 to $1280.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.03% or 2.03 to hit $64.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.34% or 2.54 to trade at $73.40 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.78% to 63.0949, while EUR/RUB rose 1.06% to 73.2700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 94.78.