Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 3.85% or 1.770 points to trade at 47.750 at the close. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 3.32% or 3.100 points to end at 96.500 and Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) was up 3.24% or 138.0 points to 4393.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 4.98% or 1.130 points to trade at 21.550 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 3.38% or 20.8 points to end at 595.0 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) shed 2.36% or 0.0945 points to 3.9055.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 76 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.12% to 25.120.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.64% or 19.60 to $1213.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.81% or 1.23 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.93% or 1.44 to trade at $76.17 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.48% to 67.1797, while EUR/RUB fell 0.72% to 78.1094.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 95.02.