Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which rose 2.44% or 6.70 points to trade at 281.10 at the close. MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 2.32% or 0.0540 points to end at 2.3770 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 2.27% or 4350 points to 195750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p), which lost 2.37% or 30.5 points to trade at 1258.5 in late trade. Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) declined 2.23% or 8.75 points to end at 382.85 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) shed 1.61% or 0.0182 points to 1.1098.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 91 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 5.67% to 21.790.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.34% or 3.85 to $1134.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $53.02 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.18 to trade at $55.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.18% to 61.0500, while EUR/RUB rose 0.27% to 63.817.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 103.00.