Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MICEX down 1.68%

Russia shares were decrease after the shut on Friday, as losses within the power, Oil & gas and Telecoms sectors led shares decrease.

on the shut in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.68%.

the best performers of the session on the MICEX had been Polymetal global PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 2.62% or 19.00 factors to trade at 745.00 at the shut. meanwhile, Akron (MCX:AKRN) brought 0.seventy three% or 24.zero points to end at 3334.0 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) used to be up 0.62% or 15.zero factors to 2425.zero in late exchange.

The worst performers of the session had been MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG), which fell 5.sixty six% or 0.1360 factors to exchange at 2.2650 at the shut. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 4.fifty three% or zero.0450 factors to finish at 0.9490 and FSK EES (MCX:charges) was once down 4.02% or 0.0074 factors to zero.1779.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow inventory exchange through 162 to 52 and 15 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, used to be up three.28% to 24.230.

Gold Futures for June supply used to be up 1.07% or 13.45 to $1266.seventy five a troy ounce. somewhere else in commodities trading, Crude oil for supply in could rose 1.03% or zero.53 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.seventy one% or zero.39 to change at $fifty five.28 a barrel.

USD/RUB was once up 1.24% to fifty seven.0944, whereas EUR/RUB rose 1.14% to 60.699.

the us buck Index Futures was once up 0.26% at a hundred.87.

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