Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 2.15%

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 lost 2.15% to hit a new 52-week low.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 2,798.00 at the close. Meanwhile, HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS ) was down 0.50% or 0.08 points to 16.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR ), which fell 15.54% or 84.45 points to trade at 459.10 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT ) declined 5.58% or 279.00 points to end at 4,720.00 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP ) was down 5.58% or 7.27 points to 123.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 218 to 27 and 8 ended unchanged.

Shares in Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 15.54% or 84.45 to 459.10. Shares in Magnit (MCX:MGNT ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.58% or 279.00 to 4,720.00.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 6.27% to 33.34.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.95% or 24.40 to $2,535.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.98% or 2.26 to hit $73.65 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.25% or 1.77 to trade at $77.05 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 1.47% to 90.65, while EUR/RUB fell 1.73% to 100.15.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 101.67.

Source: Investing.com