Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which rose 3.09% or 2.800 points to trade at 93.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) added 2.84% or 24.0 points to end at 869.0 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was up 2.82% or 20 points to 728 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which fell 5.68% or 13.50 points to trade at 224.05 at the close. RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) declined 4.91% or 0.0405 points to end at 0.7840 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was down 4.32% or 129.0 points to 2856.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 106 to 104 and 16 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.39% to 22.840.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.02% or 12.48 to $1210.82 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.50% or 1.14 to hit $44.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.52% or 1.21 to trade at $46.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.45% to 60.4251, while EUR/RUB rose 0.83% to 68.9510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.80.