Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.03% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 7.72% or 51.0 points to trade at 712.0 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 4.88% or 4.90 points to end at 105.35 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was up 3.14% or 15.00 points to 493.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 5.62% or 5.79 points to trade at 97.20 in late trade. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) declined 3.74% or 442.0 points to end at 11388.0 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) shed 3.15% or 2.20 points to 67.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 130 to 93 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.46% to 24.320 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.72% or 8.60 to $1196.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.68% or 1.21 to hit $73.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.59 to trade at $82.97 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.19% to 65.4910, while EUR/RUB fell 0.41% to 76.0631.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.67.