Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 4.27% or 1.000 points to trade at 24.400 at the close. Meanwhile, MTS (MCX:MTSS) added 1.94% or 5.00 points to end at 262.95 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 1.18% or 15.00 points to 1286.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which fell 3.01% or 3.86 points to trade at 124.26 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 2.94% or 0.0370 points to end at 1.2230 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was down 2.43% or 240.0 points to 9640.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 121 to 97 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.27% or 1.000 to 24.400.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.94% to 25.270.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.46% or 5.55 to $1194.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.72% or 0.38 to hit $52.63 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.28 to trade at $55.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.50% to 59.6463, while EUR/RUB rose 0.45% to 63.373.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 101.38.