Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR), which rose 2.48% or 155.00 points to trade at 6,415.00 at the close. PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) added 2.30% or 10.30 points to end at 457.20 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) was up 2.20% or 0.73 points to 33.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM), which lost 1.04% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.92 in late trade. ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR) declined 0.97% or 30.00 points to end at 3,070.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:MOEX) shed 0.84% or 1.63 points to 192.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 135 to 107 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.79% to 35.67 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.80% or 21.31 to $2,632.59 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.93% or 0.65 to hit $70.27 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.59 to trade at $73.44 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 6.01% to 105.75, while EUR/RUB rose 5.79% to 110.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 107.81.