Russia shares lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.32%

Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Oil&Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index lost 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 lost 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) shed 2.35% or 4.97 points to 206.30.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising 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.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.32% or 34.90 to $2,674.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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.