Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 3.85% or 18.4 points to trade at 496.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 2.96% or 167.0 points to end at 5805.5 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was up 1.89% or 39.5 points to 2130.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR), which fell 3.75% or 0.0230 points to trade at 0.5900 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 2.98% or 0.0063 points to end at 0.2035 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was down 2.49% or 6.08 points to 238.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 126 to 101 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) rose to all time highs; up 2.96% or 167.0 to 5805.5. Shares in X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.89% or 39.5 to 2130.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.02% to 21.300.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.05 to $1397.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.79% or 0.45 to hit $57.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.77 to trade at $65.22 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.57% to 63.2715, while EUR/RUB rose 1.02% to 71.7531.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 95.917.