Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the MOEX Electric Utilities, MOEX Oil and Gas and MOEX Telecommunication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR), which rose 2.06% or 25.40 points to trade at 1,260.00 at the close. Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) added 1.72% or 224.50 points to end at 13,253.00 and AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX:AFKS) was up 1.44% or 0.22 points to 15.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:HYDR), which fell 3.18% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.51 in late trade. NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK) declined 2.82% or 27.80 points to end at 957.80 and Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:MOEX) down 2.35% or 4.97 points to 206.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 176 to 70 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 21.58% to 30.42.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.32% or 34.90 to $2,674.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.47% or 0.36 to hit $75.49 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.54 to trade at $78.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.23% to 95.82, while EUR/RUB fell 1.27% to 104.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.72.