Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which rose 3.46% or 2.91 points to trade at 87.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 3.37% or 21.50 points to end at 659.50 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 2.57% or 5200 points to 207200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRO), which fell 3.06% or 30 points to trade at 950 at the close. Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) declined 2.23% or 7.50 points to end at 329.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was down 2.17% or 2.30 points to 103.93.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 105 to 105 and 27 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.92% to 36.020.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.80% or 22.85 to $1295.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.04% or 0.46 to hit $44.78 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.55 to trade at $45.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.09% to 65.8019, while EUR/RUB rose 0.55% to 75.165.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 93.64.