Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 3.12% or 39.00 points to trade at 1291.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 2.93% or 0.1210 points to end at 4.2510 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was up 2.09% or 0.0191 points to 0.9345 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which fell 3.33% or 3.86 points to trade at 112.14 at the close. Akron (MCX:AKRN) declined 2.86% or 100.0 points to end at 3395.0 and MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) was down 1.80% or 0.0450 points to 2.4550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 102 to 97 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.93% or 0.1210 to 4.2510.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.05% to 23.870.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.63% or 7.45 to $1173.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.73% or 0.39 to hit $54.15 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.34 to trade at $57.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.16% to 59.5460, while EUR/RUB fell 0.08% to 62.861.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 101.96.