Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 2.98% or 0.0014 points to trade at 0.0498 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 2.15% or 37.0 points to end at 1758.0 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 1.96% or 83.0 points to 4319.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unipro (MCX:UPRO), which lost 1.90% or 0.0550 points to trade at 2.8450 in late trade. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) declined 1.80% or 10.5 points to end at 572.0 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) shed 1.55% or 10 points to 666.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 93 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.87% to 21.470.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.36% or 4.50 to $1242.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.88% or 0.62 to hit $70.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.88 to trade at $75.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.49% to 62.5718, while EUR/RUB rose 0.52% to 73.0260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.58.