Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polyus Zoloto OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 2.65% or 115.0 points to trade at 4448.0 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 2.06% or 2.31 points to end at 114.32 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 1.50% or 0.330 points to 22.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which lost 3.79% or 7850 points to trade at 199150 in late trade. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 3.04% or 10.95 points to end at 349.00 and Akron (MCX:AKRN) shed 1.79% or 60.0 points to 3288.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 107 and 29 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.21% to 22.860.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1247.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.06 to trade at $50.62 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.77% to 56.9942, while EUR/RUB fell 0.23% to 61.773.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 99.46.