Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Rosneft (MCX:ROSN), which rose 2.71% or 9.25 points to trade at 351.00 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 2.45% or 0.0024 points to end at 0.1004 and Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) was up 2.26% or 3.72 points to 168.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC), which lost 5.10% or 2.700 points to trade at 50.200 in late trade. Surgut (MCX:SNGS) declined 4.80% or 1.720 points to end at 34.100 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) shed 4.68% or 0.0306 points to 0.6234.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 147 to 79 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.79% to 35.610.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 2.33% or 29.45 to $1295.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.41% or 0.19 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.47 to trade at $47.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.07% to 64.6586, while EUR/RUB rose 0.45% to 73.991.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 93.14.