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Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Bank VTB PJSC (MCX:VTBR), which rose 3.86% or 3.78 points to trade at 101.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 1.03% or 14.00 points to end at 1,351.00 and PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR) was up 0.72% or 45.00 points to 6,309.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK), which fell 4.58% or 25.80 points to trade at 537.50 at the close. AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX:AFKS) declined 2.70% or 0.40 points to end at 14.30 and VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO) was down 2.42% or 6.40 points to 258.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 168 to 73 and 9 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 4.26% to 29.91 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.70% or 23.70 to $3,384.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.69% or 0.51 to hit $74.01 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.02% or 1.59 to trade at $77.26 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.52% to 78.78, while EUR/RUB rose 0.35% to 90.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 98.35.