Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Rosneft (MCX:ROSN), which rose 2.51% or 10.05 points to trade at 410.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) added 2.10% or 280.0 points to end at 13600.0 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was up 1.94% or 0.0014 points to 0.0737 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which fell 3.83% or 11.40 points to trade at 286.10 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) declined 3.74% or 0.1110 points to end at 2.8600 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was down 3.20% or 0.0312 points to 0.9453.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 116 to 106 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.51% or 10.05 to 410.50.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.17% to 23.250.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.87% or 9.85 to $1139.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.96% or 1.00 to hit $51.90 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 1.12 to trade at $55.14 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.93% to 62.3035, while EUR/RUB rose 1.33% to 65.157.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 102.76.