Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.01% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 6.72% or 0.0110 points to trade at 0.1747 at the close. Meanwhile, Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 6.02% or 0.0501 points to end at 0.8830 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was up 3.09% or 0.0280 points to 0.9335 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which fell 3.57% or 85.0 points to trade at 2299.0 at the close. Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) declined 3.44% or 128.5 points to end at 3604.0 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 3.42% or 1.170 points to 33.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 142 to 86 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 4.67% to 26.940.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.34% or 4.10 to $1199.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.83% or 0.41 to hit $48.87 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.44 to trade at $51.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.55% to 58.9731, while EUR/RUB rose 0.41% to 62.904.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 101.47.