Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.28% or 124.0 points to trade at 3904.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 1.81% or 9.4 points to end at 528.2 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 1.78% or 39.40 points to 2247.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 2.75% or 21.40 points to trade at 756.60 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 2.18% or 119.5 points to end at 5350.5 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was down 2.11% or 3600 points to 167000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 123 to 100 and 22 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.04% to 22.740.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.86% or 11.35 to $1304.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.73% or 0.99 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.76% or 1.17 to trade at $65.14 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.11% to 65.8436, while EUR/RUB fell 0.11% to 74.9175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.248.