Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.72%
Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining , Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ), which rose 3.92% or 0.38 points to trade at 10.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ) added 3.67% or 0.09 points to end at 2.55 and MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX: GMKN ) was up 2.61% or 3.30 points to 131.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polyus PJSC (MCX: PLZL ), which fell 3.15% or 608.00 points to trade at 18,711.00 at the close. NOVATEK PJSC (MCX: NVTK ) declined 3.01% or 37.80 points to end at 1,218.00 and Magnit PJSC (MCX: MGNT ) was down 2.28% or 115.50 points to 4,940.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 174 to 74 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.67% or 0.09 to 2.55.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 1.84% to 43.84 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.71% or 50.46 to $2,894.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.87% or 0.62 to hit $70.67 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.34 to trade at $74.68 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.82% to 91.13, while EUR/RUB rose 2.11% to 95.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 106.64.