Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 10.62% or 2.590 points to trade at 26.980 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 3.63% or 0.1450 points to end at 4.1450 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) was up 3.63% or 27.0 points to 770.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which lost 2.34% or 45.0 points to trade at 1880.0 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 2.10% or 0.695 points to end at 32.450 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) shed 1.84% or 6.00 points to 320.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 123 to 92 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.44% to 21.840.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.16% or 2.00 to $1291.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.34% or 0.24 to hit $71.25 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.26 to trade at $79.04 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.26% to 62.3385, while EUR/RUB rose 0.22% to 73.5025.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.49.