Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 1.46% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Megion (MCX:MFGS), which rose 8.70% or 48.0 points to trade at 600.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 5.07% or 0.3150 points to end at 6.5300 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 3.84% or 29.50 points to 798.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which fell 3.40% or 0.0310 points to trade at 0.8820 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 3.24% or 1.000 points to end at 29.900 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was down 3.24% or 22 points to 656.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 138 to 81 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.24% or 22 to 656.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.48% to 23.600.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.89% or 11.35 to $1289.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.41% or 0.22 to hit $52.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $55.64 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.09% to 56.2168, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 59.741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 100.49.