Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing 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 United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 2.00% or 0.530 points to trade at 27.025 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 1.72% or 6.40 points to end at 378.00 and Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) was up 1.50% or 91.5 points to 6200.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which fell 3.56% or 0.0498 points to trade at 1.3502 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 2.00% or 0.0950 points to end at 4.6630 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) was down 1.75% or 4.46 points to 250.89.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 121 to 103 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) rose to all time highs; rising 1.50% or 91.5 to 6200.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.75% to 19.510 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.34% or 19.10 to $1401.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $57.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.89 to trade at $64.19 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.45% to 63.7637, while EUR/RUB fell 0.12% to 71.5384.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 96.917.