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 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:), which rose 2.48% or 155.00 points to trade at 6,415.00 at the close. PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:) added 2.30% or 10.30 points to end at 457.20 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:) was up 2.20% or 0.73 points to 33.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:), which lost 1.04% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.92 in late trade. ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:) declined 0.97% or 30.00 points to end at 3,070.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:) shed 0.84% or 1.63 points to 192.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 135 to 107 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.79% to 35.67 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.80% or 21.31 to $2,632.59 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.93% or 0.65 to hit $70.27 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.59 to trade at $73.44 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 6.01% to 105.75, while EUR/RUB rose 5.79% to 110.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 107.81.
