Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which rose 6.72% or 50.90 points to trade at 808.10 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) added 2.18% or 1.010 points to end at 47.410 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 2.12% or 2.30 points to 110.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which lost 1.65% or 0.0122 points to trade at 0.7270 in late trade. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) declined 1.53% or 0.1050 points to end at 6.7700 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) shed 1.12% or 5.40 points to 474.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 92 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.52% to 24.090.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1303.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.30% or 3.04 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.39% or 2.67 to trade at $76.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.02% to 62.2404, while EUR/RUB rose 0.48% to 72.5746.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 94.12.