Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 7.38% or 95.0 points to trade at 1382.0 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 5.44% or 1.480 points to end at 28.690 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 3.55% or 6.58 points to 191.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which lost 3.96% or 4.000 points to trade at 97.000 in late trade. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 1.87% or 0.0740 points to end at 3.8840 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) shed 0.75% or 8.00 points to 1057.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 142 to 57 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.67% to 26.560.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.40% or 4.90 to $1222.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $71.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.49 to trade at $79.77 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.09% to 66.3266, while EUR/RUB fell 0.21% to 76.6500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 94.93.