Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.08% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which rose 3.76% or 1.400 points to trade at 38.600 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 3.62% or 0.315 points to end at 9.010 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was up 3.42% or 2.35 points to 71.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 5.17% or 5.70 points to trade at 104.60 in late trade. PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) declined 3.23% or 87.0 points to end at 2603.0 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) shed 2.05% or 15.4 points to 734.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 87 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.12% to 24.760.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.77% or 9.30 to $1202.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.00% or 0.70 to hit $71.02 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $78.71 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.43% to 66.5612, while EUR/RUB rose 0.15% to 78.1600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.83.