Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 1.25% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK), which rose 0.85% or 1.40 points to trade at 165.82 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 0.43% or 0.09 points to end at 20.91 and HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR) was up 0.34% or 14.00 points to 4,112.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YDEX), which lost 3.58% or 138.50 points to trade at 3,733.00 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 3.57% or 1.76 points to end at 47.44 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR) shed 3.45% or 20.75 points to 580.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 185 to 56 and 12 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.53% to 26.44.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 5.30 to $2,486.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.84% or 2.17 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.57% or 2.04 to trade at $77.48 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 85.50, while EUR/RUB rose 1.11% to 93.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.16% at 103.00.