Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 5.82% or 2.280 points to trade at 41.450 at the close. Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) added 4.21% or 4.35 points to end at 107.75 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) was up 2.73% or 0.0222 points to 0.8357 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which lost 3.26% or 0.2800 points to trade at 8.3000 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 1.59% or 2950 points to end at 183000 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) shed 1.55% or 5.20 points to 331.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 85 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.04% to 16.820.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.64% or 8.18 to $1269.92 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.88% or 0.48 to hit $55.02 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.06% or 0.64 to trade at $61.26 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.62% to 59.1060, while EUR/RUB rose 1.18% to 68.5940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 94.87.