Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 4.56% or 6.45 points to trade at 147.75 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 4.31% or 190.0 points to end at 4595.0 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was up 1.72% or 7.00 points to 415.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which lost 6.11% or 48.0 points to trade at 737.0 in late trade. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) declined 1.57% or 0.1250 points to end at 7.8500 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 1.51% or 0.640 points to 41.860.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 136 to 83 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 10.09% to 16.670.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.70% or 9.10 to $1306.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.65% or 0.39 to hit $60.23 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.56 to trade at $66.72 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.07% to 57.5534, while EUR/RUB rose 0.84% to 69.2283.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 91.84.