Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Megion (MCX:MFGS), which rose 2.66% or 14.0 points to trade at 540.0 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 2.55% or 0.0040 points to end at 0.1627 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.07% or 2.15 points to 106.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 1.24% or 9.00 points to trade at 717.00 in late trade. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) declined 1.22% or 0.0850 points to end at 6.8550 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) shed 1.18% or 1.80 points to 150.13.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 110 to 81 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 4.86% to 25.890.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.59% or 7.56 to $1271.94 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.81% or 0.37 to hit $46.01 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.47 to trade at $48.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.11% to 56.9700, while EUR/RUB fell 0.26% to 63.7340.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 97.24.