Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.07% or 195.0 points to trade at 6550.0 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) added 2.86% or 14.7 points to end at 528.1 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.73% or 3.17 points to 119.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which lost 4.04% or 26 points to trade at 629 in late trade. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 3.40% or 11.00 points to end at 312.80 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) shed 1.89% or 0.0675 points to 3.5080.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 110 to 103 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.82% to 17.800.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.29% or 3.60 to $1249.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.52% or 0.86 to hit $57.55 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.96% or 1.22 to trade at $63.42 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.16% to 59.2835, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 69.7183.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.95.