Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 2.08% 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 3.09% or 21.0 points to trade at 700.0 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) added 0.91% or 5.0 points to end at 555.0 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) was up 0.70% or 0.033 points to 4.733 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 4.21% or 212.0 points to trade at 4818.0 in late trade. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 3.96% or 156.0 points to end at 3785.0 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) shed 3.93% or 68.5 points to 1675.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 153 to 53 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.41% to 26.480.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1302.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.64% or 0.42 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.84 to trade at $76.48 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.06% to 62.3788, while EUR/RUB fell 0.26% to 73.4440.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.56.