Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.63% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 3.36% or 26.00 points to trade at 798.90 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.31% or 69.00 points to end at 2152.00 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 3.03% or 0.280 points to 9.535 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 1.53% or 65.0 points to trade at 4191.0 in late trade. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 1.37% or 7.6 points to end at 547.6 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) shed 0.95% or 2.50 points to 261.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 127 to 96 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.80% to 22.690.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.48% or 18.95 to $1298.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.75% or 0.40 to hit $53.53 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.35 to trade at $61.44 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.31% to 65.9674, while EUR/RUB rose 1.12% to 75.2331.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 95.553.