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

Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 2.15% to hit a new 52-week low.

The biggest gainers 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. 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.

Biggest losers included Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which lost 15.54% or 84.45 points to trade at 459.10 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 5.58% or 279.00 points to end at 4,720.00 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) shed 5.58% or 7.27 points to 123.00.

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

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

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.95% or 24.40 to $2,535.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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.