Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 4.60% or 5.29 points to trade at 120.29 at the close. Megion (MCX:MFGS) added 4.00% or 20.0 points to end at 520.0 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 3.31% or 0.930 points to 29.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 3.27% or 52.00 points to trade at 1536.00 in late trade. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) declined 3.16% or 37.5 points to end at 1148.0 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) shed 3.00% or 10.00 points to 323.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 116 to 98 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.67% to 22.400.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.24% or 2.98 to $1242.82 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.22% or 0.55 to hit $45.48 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.53 to trade at $48.16 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.46% to 59.1426, while EUR/RUB rose 0.29% to 67.6575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 95.49.