Investing.com – Russian stocks were lower after Friday’s close as losses in the , and sectors dragged shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the price fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the were Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:), which rose 2.40% or 1.35 points to trade at 57.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:) added 1.01% or 0.06 points to end at 6.39 and VK Company Ltd (MCX:) rose 1.00% or 3.40 points to 343.40 in late trading.
The session’s worst performers were AK ALROSA PJSC (MCX:), which fell 3.73% or 2.02 points to trade at 52.13 at the close. Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:) fell 2.15% or 2.88 points to end at 130.96 and FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:) fell 2.00% or 0.01 points to 0.52.
The number of falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 159 to 83 and 11 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, rose 5.41% to 26.48.
December gold futures rose 1.07%, or 28.90, to $2,736.40 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for November delivery fell 1.88% or 1.33 to $69.34 per barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.64% or 1.22 to $73.23 per barrel. barrel.
USD/RUB fell 2.20% to 95.26, while EUR/RUB fell 1.88% to 103.52.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.34% to 103.30.
