Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR), which rose 3.70% or 120.50 points to trade at 3,380.00 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 3.17% or 20.10 points to end at 654.20 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was up 2.82% or 33.60 points to 1,226.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM), which lost 4.73% or 3.81 points to trade at 76.67 in late trade. Polyus PAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 0.96% or 130.50 points to end at 13,397.50 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 0.52% or 30.00 points to 5,759.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 169 to 76 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 4.65% to 28.72.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.52% or 14.00 to $2,680.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.43% or 0.97 to hit $68.64 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 0.91 to trade at $72.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.84% to 94.31, while EUR/RUB rose 1.72% to 105.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.15.