Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index lost 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR), which rose 2.48% or 155.00 points to trade at 6,415.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) added 2.30% or 10.30 points to end at 457.20 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) was up 2.20% or 0.73 points to 33.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM), which fell 1.04% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.92 at the close. ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR) declined 0.97% or 30.00 points to end at 3,070.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:MOEX) was down 0.84% or 1.63 points to 192.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 135 to 107 and 11 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.79% to 35.67 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.80% or 21.24 to $2,632.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.96% or 0.67 to hit $70.29 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.60 to trade at $73.45 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 6.01% to 105.75, while EUR/RUB rose 5.78% to 110.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 107.80.