Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which rose 2.82% or 20.5 points to trade at 748.0 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 2.72% or 1.040 points to end at 39.220 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 2.24% or 9.30 points to 424.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 9.48% or 895.0 points to trade at 8550.0 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.36% or 43.50 points to end at 1796.00 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) shed 1.41% or 4.50 points to 315.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 111 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 4.67% to 14.890.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 8.01 to $1281.99 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $51.19 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.10 to trade at $57.13 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.51% to 57.5633, while EUR/RUB fell 0.16% to 67.8025.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.