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

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR), which rose 2.88% or 158.00 points to trade at 5,635.00 at the close. Meanwhile, TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX:TATN) added 2.47% or 13.80 points to end at 571.60 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM) was up 2.24% or 0.18 points to 8.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL), which fell 7.33% or 1,082.50 points to trade at 13,687.50 at the close. AK ALROSA PJSC (MCX:ALRS) declined 1.99% or 0.95 points to end at 46.78 and Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) was down 1.27% or 0.02 points to 1.64.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 160 to 78 and 12 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 6.32% to 43.26.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.56% or 42.31 to $2,667.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.53% or 1.07 to hit $71.09 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.92 to trade at $74.33 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.46% to 104.50, while EUR/RUB fell 0.14% to 109.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 106.63.