Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.34%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms , Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index lost 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR ), which rose 2.48% or 155.00 points to trade at 6,415.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK ) added 2.30% or 10.30 points to end at 457.20 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL ) was up 2.20% or 0.73 points to 33.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM ), which fell 1.04% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.92 at the close. ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR ) declined 0.97% or 30.00 points to end at 3,070.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:MOEX ) was down 0.84% or 1.63 points to 192.45.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 135 to 107 and 11 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.79% to 35.67 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.80% or 21.24 to $2,632.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.96% or 0.67 to hit $70.29 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.60 to trade at $73.45 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 6.01% to 105.75, while EUR/RUB rose 5.78% to 110.24.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 107.80.

Source: Investing.com