Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 1.78%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 2.32% or 2.20 points to trade at 97.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) added 1.21% or 13.0 points to end at 1090.0 and RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR) was up 0.81% or 1.90 points to 237.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which fell 5.72% or 9300 points to trade at 153200 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) declined 4.33% or 0.0033 points to end at 0.0727 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was down 3.87% or 43.20 points to 1074.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 138 to 65 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) rose to all time highs; rising 2.32% or 2.20 to 97.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.11% to 37.630.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.29% or 13.80 to $1056.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.63% or 1.13 to hit $41.91 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.00% or 0.46 to trade at $45.01 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.23% to 66.058, while EUR/RUB rose 0.77% to 70.408.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 100.11.