Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 5.92% or 29.6 points to trade at 530.0 at the close. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) added 5.87% or 22.4 points to end at 404.0 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was up 3.85% or 15.40 points to 414.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 3.11% or 0.945 points to trade at 29.450 in late trade. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) declined 2.98% or 0.0760 points to end at 2.4730 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) shed 2.17% or 0.1450 points to 6.5300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 96 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 6.33% to 24.140 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.50% or 6.30 to $1261.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.57% or 0.26 to hit $46.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.23 to trade at $54.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.70% to 68.8035, while EUR/RUB rose 0.20% to 78.4705.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 96.188.