MOSCOW: Russia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower. At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.63% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 4.32% or 27.90 points to trade at 673.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 3.03% or 21.50 points to end at 731.00 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) was up 1.30% or 3.40 points to 264.50 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which fell 5.12% or 0.0564 points to trade at 1.0450 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 4.44% or 0.0105 points to end at 0.2260 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was down 4.01% or 369.0 points to 8825.0. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 142 to 70 and 18 ended unchanged. The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.74% to 24.120.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.49% or 6.10 to $1257.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.77% or 0.42 to hit $54.03 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.49 to trade at $56.09 a barrel. USD/RUB was up 0.60% to 58.4175, while EUR/RUB rose 1.21% to 61.816. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.
