Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which rose 16.95% or 8.00 points to trade at 55.20 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 1.47% or 0.1050 points to end at 7.2700 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 1.46% or 10.70 points to 743.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 1.99% or 1.47 points to trade at 72.52 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 1.96% or 3.04 points to end at 152.29 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was down 1.71% or 1.55 points to 89.08.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 132 to 94 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.99% or 1.47 to 72.52.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.57% to 21.870.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.37% or 4.85 to $1312.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.37% or 1.42 to hit $58.56 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.05% or 1.39 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.31% to 64.7057, while EUR/RUB rose 0.60% to 73.0582.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.120.