Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 4.65% or 53.50 points to trade at 1203.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 3.32% or 3.62 points to end at 112.62 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was up 2.33% or 8.00 points to 351.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 4.17% or 26.50 points to trade at 609.00 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 3.19% or 12.75 points to end at 386.80 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was down 3.10% or 0.810 points to 25.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 132 to 98 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.48% to 25.380.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.68% or 8.25 to $1208.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $45.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.07 to trade at $46.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.24% to 64.6750, while EUR/RUB fell 0.62% to 68.524.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 101.33.