Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which rose 7.16% or 0.0670 points to trade at 1.0030 at the close. MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 3.21% or 0.0775 points to end at 2.4895 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) was up 2.67% or 3.50 points to 134.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 4.99% or 6.21 points to trade at 118.26 in late trade. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 2.96% or 5.15 points to end at 168.85 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) shed 2.28% or 2.86 points to 122.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 88 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.77% to 26.580.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.65% or 8.05 to $1224.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.10% or 0.58 to hit $53.19 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.55 to trade at $55.63 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.52% to 58.5227, while EUR/RUB fell 0.06% to 61.781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.90.