Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 2.52% or 15.90 points to trade at 646.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 1.24% or 0.75 points to end at 61.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 1.13% or 8.50 points to 760.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 1.85% or 65.5 points to trade at 3478.0 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 1.84% or 10.0 points to end at 534.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 1.66% or 4.50 points to 267.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 118 to 85 and 23 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.80% to 25.110 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.87% or 22.40 to $1221.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.99% or 0.56 to hit $57.02 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.60 to trade at $67.22 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.24% to 66.0511, while EUR/RUB rose 0.90% to 75.3518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 96.32.