Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which rose 8.72% or 0.1725 points to trade at 2.1500 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 4.50% or 3.80 points to end at 88.20 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 4.09% or 1.020 points to 25.960 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Akron (MCX:AKRN), which lost 2.85% or 110.0 points to trade at 3755.0 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 2.83% or 4700 points to end at 161500 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) shed 2.07% or 6.30 points to 297.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 95 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.44% to 32.380.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 2.50% or 30.30 to $1242.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.49% or 0.24 to hit $48.93 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.19 to trade at $49.85 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.97% to 65.6552, while EUR/RUB fell 0.23% to 74.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.57% at 94.06.