Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank (MCX:SBER), which rose 4.06% or 4.41 points to trade at 112.92 at the close. Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) added 3.16% or 9.70 points to end at 316.50 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 2.55% or 1.790 points to 71.890 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 3.96% or 42.00 points to trade at 1018.00 in late trade. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 2.65% or 0.0170 points to end at 0.6240 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRO) shed 2.13% or 25 points to 1148.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 98 and 28 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.49% to 32.530 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.40% or 5.00 to $1242.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 6.52% or 2.43 to hit $39.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 6.24% or 2.46 to trade at $41.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.36% to 67.0669, while EUR/RUB fell 1.29% to 76.560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 94.17.