Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 7.00% or 1.76 points to trade at 26.98 at the close. Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR) added 5.06% or 223.00 points to end at 4,631.00 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was unchanged 4.32% or 0.00 points to 0.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus PAO (MCX:PLZL), which lost 1.83% or 231.00 points to trade at 12,367.50 in late trade. FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:HYDR) declined 0.92% or 0.01 points to end at 0.65 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) shed 0.71% or 0.30 points to 42.22.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 225 to 21 and 6 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.27% to 23.22.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 3.33% or 79.70 to $2,311.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $75.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.33 to trade at $79.54 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.57% to 89.35, while EUR/RUB fell 1.11% to 96.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.82% at 104.92.