Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.71% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 4.28% or 31.0 points to trade at 755.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 3.82% or 17.80 points to end at 483.50 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was up 3.69% or 0.2350 points to 6.6000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 6.61% or 7.60 points to trade at 107.35 at the close. Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) declined 3.83% or 2.73 points to end at 68.56 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was down 2.72% or 0.790 points to 28.260.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 128 to 82 and 11 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 9.54% to 16.970.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.12% or 27.70 to $1280.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.03% or 2.03 to hit $64.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.36% or 2.55 to trade at $73.39 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.77% to 63.0905, while EUR/RUB rose 1.06% to 73.2700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 94.79.