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 declined 1.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 0.99% or 14.0 points to trade at 1434.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) added 0.71% or 1.14 points to end at 161.32 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was up 0.56% or 3.30 points to 593.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 19.91% or 445.00 points to trade at 1790.00 at the close. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) declined 7.43% or 33.6 points to end at 418.6 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was down 3.77% or 7.20 points to 183.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 143 to 61 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 19.91% or 445.00 to 1790.00. Shares in NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) fell to all time lows; falling 7.43% or 33.6 to 418.6.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.46% to 25.910.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1230.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.79% or 0.54 to hit $69.19 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.74 to trade at $80.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.53% to 65.4550, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 75.3858.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 95.43.