Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.63% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 4.32% or 27.90 points to trade at 673.50 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 3.03% or 21.50 points to end at 731.00 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) was up 1.30% or 3.40 points to 264.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 5.12% or 0.0564 points to trade at 1.0450 in late trade. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 4.44% or 0.0105 points to end at 0.2260 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 4.01% or 369.0 points to 8825.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 142 to 70 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.74% to 24.120.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.48% or 6.05 to $1257.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.77% or 0.42 to hit $54.03 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.49 to trade at $56.09 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.60% to 58.4175, while EUR/RUB rose 1.21% to 61.816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.