Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 5.19% or 28.0 points to trade at 568.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 4.71% or 29.0 points to end at 644.6 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 3.89% or 22.0 points to 587.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which fell 5.07% or 0.3200 points to trade at 5.9950 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 2.92% or 10.50 points to end at 348.50 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) was down 2.19% or 1.90 points to 84.85.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 107 to 105 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in NMTP (MCX:NMTP) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.07% or 0.3200 to 5.9950. Shares in Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.19% or 1.90 to 84.85.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.83% to 29.820 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1185.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.41% or 0.27 to hit $65.73 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.24 to trade at $71.67 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.92% to 67.4440, while EUR/RUB rose 1.32% to 76.9753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 96.16.