Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.12% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 6.27% or 30.2 points to trade at 512.0 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 4.99% or 1.110 points to end at 23.360 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was up 3.57% or 55.0 points to 1595.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which lost 3.02% or 18.4 points to trade at 591.0 in late trade. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 2.08% or 88.0 points to end at 4145.0 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) shed 1.88% or 14 points to 704.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 82 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.27% to 26.220.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.73% or 8.80 to $1199.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.69% or 0.47 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $78.24 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.23% to 68.0904, while EUR/RUB fell 0.71% to 79.2050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.92.