Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 5.04% or 21.10 points to trade at 440.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) added 1.79% or 2.50 points to end at 142.00 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 1.61% or 9.40 points to 594.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which fell 3.30% or 1.140 points to trade at 33.380 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 2.77% or 1.280 points to end at 44.870 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 1.53% or 4.60 points to 295.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 129 to 95 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.82% to 22.610.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.55% or 20.60 to $1348.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.52% or 0.98 to hit $65.28 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.34% or 0.92 to trade at $69.83 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 57.2309, while EUR/RUB rose 0.41% to 70.7360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 89.08.