Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 1.97% or 42.00 points to trade at 2176.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 1.19% or 0.1050 points to end at 8.9300 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 1.08% or 6.20 points to 580.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 10.23% or 631.0 points to trade at 5539.0 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 2.78% or 0.345 points to end at 12.055 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was down 2.72% or 0.0249 points to 0.8902.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 164 to 57 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) rose to all time highs; rising 1.97% or 42.00 to 2176.00. Shares in Magnit (MCX:MGNT) fell to 5-year lows; losing 10.23% or 631.0 to 5539.0. Shares in NMTP (MCX:NMTP) rose to all time highs; rising 1.19% or 0.1050 to 8.9300. Shares in Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) rose to all time highs; up 1.08% or 6.20 to 580.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.13% to 19.320.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.76% or 10.40 to $1352.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.84% or 0.55 to hit $66.06 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $70.48 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.37% to 56.1300, while EUR/RUB rose 0.50% to 69.7220.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 88.84.