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 fell 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 3.49% or 3.84 points to trade at 113.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 1.71% or 0.640 points to end at 38.120 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was up 1.48% or 23.5 points to 1606.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 7.42% or 48.2 points to trade at 601.4 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 3.75% or 28.30 points to end at 726.70 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was down 3.27% or 17.00 points to 503.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 139 to 82 and 11 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.81% to 27.530.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 3.90 to $1224.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 6.24% or 3.41 to hit $51.22 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.93% or 3.71 to trade at $58.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.05% to 66.3109, while EUR/RUB rose 0.44% to 75.1800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.812.