Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.82%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 6.98% or 1.350 points to trade at 20.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) added 4.25% or 33.0 points to end at 809.5 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 1.79% or 0.690 points to 39.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which fell 5.25% or 37.50 points to trade at 676.50 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) declined 4.81% or 4.60 points to end at 91.01 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 4.70% or 11.75 points to 238.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 146 to 74 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.25% or 37.50 to 676.50. Shares in Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.25% or 33.0 to 809.5.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.23% to 36.890.
Gold for August delivery was up 4.48% or 56.55 to $1319.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.75% or 2.38 to hit $47.73 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 4.79% or 2.44 to trade at $48.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.92% to 65.0533, while EUR/RUB fell 0.21% to 72.381.
The US Dollar Index was up 2.38% at 95.55.