Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which rose 3.83% or 9.80 points to trade at 266.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 3.21% or 145.0 points to end at 4665.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 3.11% or 11.90 points to 395.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which fell 3.24% or 17.3 points to trade at 516.1 at the close. DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) declined 3.13% or 10.30 points to end at 319.00 and Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN) was down 2.94% or 21.5 points to 710.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 108 to 104 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; rising 3.11% or 11.90 to 395.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.08% to 18.650.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1258.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.32% or 0.18 to hit $57.22 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.15 to trade at $63.16 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.11% to 58.8223, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 69.2946.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.81.