Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.75%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 0.75%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Polyus PJSC (MCX: PLZL ), which rose 2.97% or 49.60 points to trade at 1,719.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Federal Hydro Generating Company RusHydro PJSC (MCX: HYDR ) added 1.71% or 0.01 points to end at 0.45 and PIK SHb PJSC (MCX: PIKK ) was up 1.41% or 6.70 points to 482.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ), which fell 5.69% or 0.38 points to trade at 6.25 at the close. NOVATEK PJSC (MCX: NVTK ) declined 2.69% or 29.80 points to end at 1,076.80 and AK ALROSA PJSC (MCX: ALRS ) was down 1.44% or 0.67 points to 45.98.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 135 to 102 and 14 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 1.17% to 39.05.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.89% or 62.20 to $3,357.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.92% or 0.56 to hit $61.76 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.57 to trade at $65.01 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.13% to 79.57, while EUR/RUB rose 0.54% to 90.36.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.86% at 99.00.