Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:), which rose 2.52% or 15.90 points to trade at 646.30 at the close. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:) added 1.24% or 0.75 points to end at 61.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:) was up 1.13% or 8.50 points to 760.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:), which lost 1.85% or 65.5 points to trade at 3478.0 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:) declined 1.84% or 10.0 points to end at 534.0 and MTS (MCX:) shed 1.66% or 4.50 points to 267.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 85 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.64% to 25.150 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.87% or 22.40 to $1221.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.01% or 0.57 to hit $57.03 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.65 to trade at $67.27 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.25% to 66.0549, while EUR/RUB rose 0.91% to 75.3619.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 96.33.
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