Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 3.47% or 12.6 points to trade at 375.6 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 2.03% or 11.8 points to end at 592.8 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was up 1.59% or 9.80 points to 626.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER), which lost 2.24% or 4.24 points to trade at 184.93 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 2.22% or 11.6 points to end at 512.0 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) shed 1.76% or 0.0088 points to 0.4910.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 145 to 78 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.36% to 26.790.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.35% or 4.40 to $1243.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.57% or 1.35 to hit $51.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.00% or 1.23 to trade at $60.22 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.77% to 66.7401, while EUR/RUB rose 0.17% to 75.3669.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 97.528.