Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM), which rose 3.92% or 0.38 points to trade at 10.00 at the close. Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) added 3.67% or 0.09 points to end at 2.55 and MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN) was up 2.61% or 3.30 points to 131.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL), which lost 3.15% or 608.00 points to trade at 18,711.00 in late trade. NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK) declined 3.01% or 37.80 points to end at 1,218.00 and Magnit PJSC (MCX:MGNT) shed 2.28% or 115.50 points to 4,940.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 174 to 74 and 6 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 1.84% to 43.84 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.71% or 50.36 to $2,895.04 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.87% or 0.62 to hit $70.67 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.34 to trade at $74.68 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.82% to 91.13, while EUR/RUB rose 2.11% to 95.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 106.64.