Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 5.80% or 508.0 points to trade at 9261.0 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 4.15% or 3.37 points to end at 84.52 and Sberbank (MCX:SBER) was up 1.98% or 2.61 points to 134.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which lost 5.98% or 42.00 points to trade at 660.00 in late trade. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 4.84% or 0.0079 points to end at 0.1555 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) shed 3.00% or 4800 points to 155300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 108 to 93 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 5.32% to 32.050.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.46% or 6.30 to $1355.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.23 to trade at $46.63 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.97% to 63.9358, while EUR/RUB fell 1.15% to 70.608.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.41.