Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL), which rose 8.50% or 15.90 points to trade at 202.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE) added 5.20% or 47.0 points to end at 950.0 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) was up 2.07% or 12.5 points to 615.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR), which fell 3.80% or 0.0254 points to trade at 0.6430 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 3.13% or 1.390 points to end at 43.010 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) was down 2.75% or 2.63 points to 93.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 105 to 104 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.20% or 47.0 to 950.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 4.78% to 35.480.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.48% or 16.30 to $1087.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.70% or 0.77 to hit $44.43 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.53 to trade at $47.45 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 2.09% to 64.588, while EUR/RUB rose 0.77% to 69.332.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.29% at 99.35.