Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO), which rose 1.16% or 0.03 points to trade at 2.17 at the close. Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:NLMK) added 1.05% or 1.46 points to end at 141.06 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) was up 0.96% or 0.33 points to 34.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which lost 2.92% or 9.10 points to trade at 302.90 in late trade. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM) declined 1.76% or 0.16 points to end at 9.03 and Surgutneftegas PJSC (MCX:SNGS) shed 1.50% or 0.43 points to 27.94.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 180 to 61 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.67% to 34.78.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.43% or 12.39 to $2,889.09 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.58% or 0.41 to hit $71.02 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.37 to trade at $74.66 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.26% to 97.00, while EUR/RUB fell 0.23% to 100.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 107.93.