Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 1.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 0.99% or 14.0 points to trade at 1434.5 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) added 0.71% or 1.14 points to end at 161.32 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was up 0.56% or 3.30 points to 593.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 19.91% or 445.00 points to trade at 1790.00 in late trade. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) declined 7.43% or 33.6 points to end at 418.6 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) shed 3.77% or 7.20 points to 183.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 143 to 61 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.50% to 25.900.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1230.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.79% or 0.54 to hit $69.19 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.74 to trade at $80.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.53% to 65.4556, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 75.3820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 95.42.