Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:SNGS), which rose 5.48% or 1.53 points to trade at 29.46 at the close. NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) added 4.06% or 42.60 points to end at 1,091.00 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 1.76% or 28.00 points to 1,622.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which lost 3.06% or 20.15 points to trade at 638.10 in late trade. VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO) declined 1.72% or 8.80 points to end at 502.00 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) shed 1.02% or 0.08 points to 7.69.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 147 to 99 and 7 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.89% to 23.82.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.30 to $2,336.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.34% or 0.28 to hit $81.46 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.29 to trade at $84.97 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.88% to 85.75, while EUR/RUB rose 0.98% to 91.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 105.53.