Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 6.02% or 0.0530 points to trade at 0.9330 at the close. Meanwhile, Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) added 2.26% or 69.0 points to end at 3123.0 and Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) was up 2.14% or 1.400 points to 66.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO), which fell 7.73% or 1110.0 points to trade at 13250.0 at the close. Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) declined 3.42% or 26.70 points to end at 753.00 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 3.35% or 0.990 points to 28.560.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 132 to 108 and 19 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.16% to 25.530.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.38% or 5.05 to $1320.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.54% or 0.26 to hit $48.09 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.21 to trade at $50.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.47% to 62.7925, while EUR/RUB fell 0.15% to 70.576.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.34.