Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which rose 3.37% or 8.10 points to trade at 248.60 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.04% or 56.50 points to end at 1916.00 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 2.52% or 4250 points to 173050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which lost 2.75% or 22 points to trade at 778 in late trade. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 2.53% or 10.40 points to end at 401.10 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) shed 2.16% or 12.8 points to 579.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 79 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 9.63% to 25.240.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.75% or 9.75 to $1285.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.97% or 0.93 to hit $48.02 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.02% or 1.13 to trade at $57.08 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.39% to 67.7034, while EUR/RUB fell 1.27% to 77.2474.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.705.