Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MICEX down 0.67%

Russia shares have been lower after the close on Friday, as losses within the Oil & fuel, energy and Mining sectors led shares decrease.

on the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.

one of the best performers of the session on the MICEX had been PIK (MCX:PIKK), which rose 5.19% or 15.20 factors to change at 308.20 at the close. in the meantime, Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) brought 3.55% or 2.88 factors to finish at 83.98 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) used to be up 2.42% or 0.290 points to 12.295 in late exchange.

The worst performers of the session have been NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which fell 8.forty nine% or zero.6550 factors to trade at 7.0600 on the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 6.02% or 10250 points to end at 160100 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was down four.62% or 0.0385 factors to 0.7950.

Falling shares outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow inventory exchange by using 117 to eighty three and 31 ended unchanged.

Shares in PIK (MCX:PIKK) rose to 5-yr highs; rising 5.19% or 15.20 to 308.20.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX choices, was down 2.eighty two% to 22.720.

Gold Futures for June supply was once up 0.seventy five% or 9.48 to $1265.88 a troy ounce. somewhere else in commodities trading, Crude oil for supply in July rose 1.29% or 0.sixty three to hit $forty nine.fifty three a barrel, whereas the July Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or zero.46 to alternate at $51.ninety two a barrel.

USD/RUB was down zero.60% to 56.6237, while EUR/RUB fell zero.03% to 63.440.

the usa greenback Index Futures was once up zero.27% at ninety seven.forty.

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