Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which rose 3.30% or 335.0 points to trade at 10490.0 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 1.77% or 2.09 points to end at 120.49 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) was up 1.72% or 0.0149 points to 0.8790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 2.01% or 196.0 points to trade at 9540.0 in late trade. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) declined 1.88% or 0.1600 points to end at 8.3300 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) shed 1.47% or 0.610 points to 40.790.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 101 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.72% to 15.040.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 6.96 to $1303.46 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.74% or 0.88 to hit $51.48 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.78% or 1.00 to trade at $57.25 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.09% to 57.0613, while EUR/RUB fell 0.91% to 67.6007.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.81.