Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.50% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 3.22% or 6.00 points to trade at 192.10 at the close. Meanwhile, AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 1.28% or 0.260 points to end at 20.510 and E.ON Rossiya OAO (MCX:UPRO) was up 1.18% or 0.0320 points to 2.7370 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE), which fell 6.37% or 197.5 points to trade at 2902.5 at the close. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) declined 4.41% or 65.0 points to end at 1410.0 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was down 2.54% or 3700 points to 142200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 137 to 89 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.41% or 65.0 to 1410.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.28% to 24.920.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1256.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.56% or 0.28 to hit $50.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.29 to trade at $51.74 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 63.0189, while EUR/RUB fell 0.70% to 69.271.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 97.92.