Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 2.22% or 0.0012 points to trade at 0.0534 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 2.15% or 3900 points to end at 185500 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 1.98% or 5.60 points to 288.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MVideo (MCX:MVID), which lost 4.50% or 17.10 points to trade at 362.90 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 2.84% or 194.0 points to end at 6635.0 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) shed 2.72% or 8.50 points to 304.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 96 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.76% to 18.640.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.49 to $1287.71 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.34% or 0.78 to hit $58.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $63.58 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.31% to 58.2643, while EUR/RUB rose 0.37% to 69.5550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.66.