Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 1.25% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK), which rose 0.85% or 1.40 points to trade at 165.82 at the close. Meanwhile, AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 0.43% or 0.09 points to end at 20.91 and HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR) was up 0.34% or 14.00 points to 4,112.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YDEX), which fell 3.58% or 138.50 points to trade at 3,733.00 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 3.57% or 1.76 points to end at 47.44 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR) was down 3.45% or 20.75 points to 580.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 185 to 56 and 12 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.53% to 26.44.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 5.30 to $2,486.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.84% or 2.17 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.57% or 2.04 to trade at $77.48 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 85.50, while EUR/RUB rose 1.11% to 93.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.16% at 103.00.