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 declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 5.04% or 21.10 points to trade at 440.10 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) added 1.79% or 2.50 points to end at 142.00 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 1.61% or 9.40 points to 594.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 3.30% or 1.140 points to trade at 33.380 in late trade. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 2.77% or 1.280 points to end at 44.870 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) shed 1.53% or 4.60 points to 295.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 129 to 95 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.82% to 22.610.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.56% or 20.70 to $1348.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.52% or 0.98 to hit $65.28 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.34% or 0.92 to trade at $69.83 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.03% to 57.2282, while EUR/RUB rose 0.41% to 70.7345.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 89.08.