Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which rose 7.05% or 50.0 points to trade at 759.5 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 2.83% or 0.0048 points to end at 0.1744 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 2.67% or 50.00 points to 1922.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which fell 3.57% or 0.0378 points to trade at 1.0201 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 3.26% or 150.0 points to end at 4450.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 2.97% or 8.55 points to 279.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 120 to 92 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.67% or 50.00 to 1922.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.41% to 17.320.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.52 to $1299.32 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.49 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.19 to trade at $56.62 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.52% to 57.5984, while EUR/RUB fell 0.44% to 68.8400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.92.