MOSCOW, December 1. /TASS/. The Russian stock indices were in the red zone by the end of trading on Friday

At the end of the week trading session, the MOEX index fell by 0.74% to 3,142.29 points, and the dollar-denominated RTS index dropped by 1.77% to 1,095.28 points.

The yuan exchange rate increased by 0.136%, to 12.62 rubles, the dollar - by 0.95%, to 90.41 rubles, the euro - by 0.55%, to 97.95 rubles.

"The weakening of the ruble restrained the downward adjustment. At the same time, price uncertainty in oil after the OPEC+ decision and the Friday factor contributed to profit-taking," said investment strategist at BCS World of Investments Alexander Bakhtin.

On Friday, the leaders of growth were shares of OGK-2 (+2.51%), Polymetal (+2.02%), Rosseti (+1.33%), preferred shares of Bashneft (+1 .28%), shares of Magnit (+1.26%), Polyus (+0.39%), Samolet (+0.34%).

The leaders of decline were ordinary shares of Rostelecom (-8.47%), TMK (-5.9%), Etalon (-3.95%), Seligdar (-3. 7%), Novabev (-3.57%), Yandex (-3.27%).

Next week, buyers can bring back the MOEX index above 3,200 points, according to BCS World of Investments.

The company's forecast for the MOEX index on December 4 is 3,100-3,225 points, and for the dollar-to-ruble rate it is 88.5-91.5 rubles.

Freedom Finance Global predicts that on Monday the MOEX index will fluctuate in the range of 3,100-3,200 points, the dollar-to-ruble rate can trade in the range of 89-91 rubles, the euro-to-ruble rate will be in the range of 97-99 rubles, yuan-to-ruble will be in the range of 12.2-12.7 rubles.