Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which rose 2.67% or 0.1900 points to trade at 7.3000 at the close. MVideo (MCX:MVID) added 1.88% or 7.70 points to end at 418.10 and Megion (MCX:MFGS) was up 1.63% or 8.0 points to 498.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF), which lost 3.30% or 28.00 points to trade at 820.00 in late trade. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 2.89% or 6.20 points to end at 208.50 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) shed 2.64% or 0.840 points to 30.930.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 83 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.09% to 19.010 a new 3-year low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.55% or 6.82 to $1252.32 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.45% or 1.15 to hit $45.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.31% or 1.14 to trade at $48.16 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.60% to 59.2830, while EUR/RUB rose 0.77% to 68.9980.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.85.