Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 1.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which rose 2.66% or 0.935 points to trade at 36.085 at the close. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) added 2.49% or 13.0 points to end at 535.0 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was up 1.55% or 9.60 points to 630.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which lost 6.21% or 45.0 points to trade at 680.0 in late trade. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 5.37% or 8.62 points to end at 152.00 and Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) shed 5.30% or 236.0 points to 4214.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 169 to 48 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.34% to 27.770 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1219.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.29% or 0.86 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.88 to trade at $72.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.54% to 67.7160, while EUR/RUB rose 0.61% to 77.2776.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.71% at 96.14.