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 gained 0.42% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 3.95% or 1.190 points to trade at 31.285 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 3.90% or 3.30 points to end at 88.00 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 2.31% or 1.72 points to 76.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 1.42% or 5.30 points to trade at 368.90 in late trade. MTS (MCX:MTSS) declined 1.25% or 3.20 points to end at 252.80 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) shed 0.98% or 5.00 points to 505.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 149 to 66 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.92% to 24.260.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.19% or 2.45 to $1289.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.33% or 0.70 to hit $51.89 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.38% or 0.85 to trade at $60.83 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.09% to 66.9719, while EUR/RUB fell 0.15% to 76.8216.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.238.