Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 4.33% or 34.00 points to trade at 819.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.09% or 27.00 points to end at 900.00 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 2.76% or 0.530 points to 19.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 3.39% or 15.00 points to trade at 428.00 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 1.86% or 2570 points to end at 135500 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was down 1.86% or 0.620 points to 32.660.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 103 to 86 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in MMK (MCX:MAGN) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.76% or 0.530 to 19.730.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.10% to 28.670 a new 52-week low.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.09% or 12.50 to $1131.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.59% or 0.30 to hit $50.61 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $56.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.04% to 56.972, while EUR/RUB fell 0.34% to 61.804.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 97.99.