Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 4.65% or 53.50 points to trade at 1203.50 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 3.32% or 3.62 points to end at 112.62 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was up 2.33% or 8.00 points to 351.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 4.17% or 26.50 points to trade at 609.00 in late trade. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 3.19% or 12.75 points to end at 386.80 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) shed 3.10% or 0.810 points to 25.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 98 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.48% to 25.380.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.68% or 8.25 to $1208.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $45.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.07 to trade at $46.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.23% to 64.6769, while EUR/RUB fell 0.62% to 68.524.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 101.33.