Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 4.60% or 5.29 points to trade at 120.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Megion (MCX:MFGS) added 4.00% or 20.0 points to end at 520.0 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 3.31% or 0.930 points to 29.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 3.27% or 52.00 points to trade at 1536.00 at the close. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) declined 3.16% or 37.5 points to end at 1148.0 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was down 3.00% or 10.00 points to 323.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 116 to 98 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.53% to 22.430.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.24% or 2.97 to $1242.83 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.22% or 0.55 to hit $45.48 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.53 to trade at $48.16 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.46% to 59.1416, while EUR/RUB rose 0.29% to 67.6575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 95.49.