Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which rose 3.83% or 9.80 points to trade at 266.00 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 3.21% or 145.0 points to end at 4665.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 3.11% or 11.90 points to 395.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which lost 3.24% or 17.3 points to trade at 516.1 in late trade. DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) declined 3.13% or 10.30 points to end at 319.00 and Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN) shed 2.94% or 21.5 points to 710.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 104 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.08% to 18.650.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.07% or 0.90 to $1258.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.32% or 0.18 to hit $57.22 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.16 to trade at $63.15 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.12% to 58.8241, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 69.2933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.81.