Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 1.65% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 4.53% or 17.70 points to trade at 408.00 at the close. Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) added 1.74% or 1.50 points to end at 87.85 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 0.95% or 0.0350 points to 3.7200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 4.32% or 3.77 points to trade at 83.50 in late trade. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) declined 3.58% or 3.510 points to end at 94.600 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) shed 3.57% or 0.0250 points to 0.6750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 149 to 58 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.13% to 30.740.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.90% or 11.10 to $1240.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.24% or 0.16 to hit $67.49 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.42 to trade at $77.31 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.30% to 65.7925, while EUR/RUB rose 0.70% to 75.0700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.11.