Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 3.84% or 2.98 points to trade at 80.59 at the close. Meanwhile, ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) added 2.15% or 31.0 points to end at 1470.0 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 1.69% or 0.0185 points to 1.1135 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 3.75% or 2.67 points to trade at 68.50 at the close. Sollers (MCX:SVAV) declined 1.71% or 8.0 points to end at 459.0 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was down 1.68% or 13.00 points to 760.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 94 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) rose to all time highs; up 3.84% or 2.98 to 80.59.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.50% to 39.900.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.57% or 6.30 to $1103.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.29% or 1.05 to hit $44.87 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.65 to trade at $48.24 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.15% to 67.805, while EUR/RUB rose 0.79% to 76.911.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 95.19.