Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.16%
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 MOEX Russia Index declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ), which rose 1.16% or 0.03 points to trade at 2.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Novolipetsk Steel (MCX: NLMK ) added 1.05% or 1.46 points to end at 141.06 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX: RUAL ) was up 0.96% or 0.33 points to 34.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd (MCX: VKCO ), which fell 2.92% or 9.10 points to trade at 302.90 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ) declined 1.76% or 0.16 points to end at 9.03 and Surgutneftegas PJSC (MCX: SNGS ) was down 1.50% or 0.43 points to 27.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 180 to 61 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.67% to 34.78.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.43% or 12.36 to $2,889.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.57% or 0.40 to hit $71.01 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.37 to trade at $74.66 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.25% to 97.00, while EUR/RUB fell 0.22% to 100.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 107.92.