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 rose 1.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Lukoil (MCX:LKOH), which rose 3.49% or 148.0 points to trade at 4383.0 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) added 2.95% or 4.32 points to end at 150.70 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.55% or 3.06 points to 123.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 2.43% or 18.0 points to trade at 721.5 in late trade. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 1.65% or 2.30 points to end at 137.50 and Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) shed 1.33% or 52.0 points to 3868.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 117 to 88 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 17.76% to 17.740 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.70 to $1321.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.53% or 0.38 to hit $70.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $77.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.32% to 61.9088, while EUR/RUB rose 0.71% to 74.0500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.32.