Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil and Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI fell 0.98%, while the MICEX index lost 1.82%.
The best performers of the session on the RTSI were LSR (MCX:LSRG), which rose 4.56% or 27.0 points to trade at 619.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) added 2.57% or 45.0 points to end at 1795.0 and Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) was up 2.06% or 200.0 points to 9900.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 17.12% or 16.01 points to trade at 77.49 at the close. RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR) declined 5.36% or 24.70 points to end at 436.30 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 4.85% or 15.20 points to 298.20.
The top performers on the MICEX were LSR (MCX:LSRG) which rose 4.56% to 619.0, Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) which was up 2.57% to settle at 1795.0 and Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) which gained 2.06% to close at 9900.0.
The worst performers were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) which was down 17.12% to 77.49 in late trade, RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR) which lost 5.36% to settle at 436.30 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) which was down 4.85% to 298.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 108 to 48 and 2 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.99% or 23.80 to $1172.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 1.83% or 0.93 to hit $49.83 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.53 to trade at $59.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.76% to 60.520, while EUR/RUB fell 2.01% to 65.726.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.26% at 97.61.