Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which rose 2.82% or 20.5 points to trade at 748.0 at the close. Meanwhile, United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 2.72% or 1.040 points to end at 39.220 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 2.24% or 9.30 points to 424.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 9.48% or 895.0 points to trade at 8550.0 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.36% or 43.50 points to end at 1796.00 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) was down 1.41% or 4.50 points to 315.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 123 to 111 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Magnit (MCX:MGNT) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.48% or 895.0 to 8550.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 4.67% to 14.890.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 8.01 to $1281.99 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $51.19 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.10 to trade at $57.13 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.51% to 57.5642, while EUR/RUB fell 0.16% to 67.8025.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.