Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which rose 2.63% or 2.110 points to trade at 82.440 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 2.08% or 0.0645 points to end at 3.1645 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 1.51% or 0.470 points to 31.690 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 2.79% or 25.00 points to trade at 872.00 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.77% or 39.00 points to end at 1370.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) shed 2.73% or 9.00 points to 320.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 89 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 19.64% to 21.110 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.44% or 5.95 to $1335.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.96% or 1.41 to hit $46.21 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.24% or 1.62 to trade at $48.37 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.16% to 64.7260, while EUR/RUB rose 0.60% to 72.564.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 95.47.