Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.94% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 2.73% or 19.00 points to trade at 715.00 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) added 1.76% or 14 points to end at 809 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 1.71% or 24.00 points to 1425.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which lost 3.52% or 13.40 points to trade at 367.10 in late trade. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) declined 2.38% or 237.0 points to end at 9720.0 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) shed 2.37% or 2.400 points to 99.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 123 to 98 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.72% to 25.060.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.16% or 1.95 to $1239.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.16 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.09 to trade at $55.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.52% to 58.4744, while EUR/RUB rose 1.48% to 62.097.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.89.