Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.04% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which rose 5.14% or 11.00 points to trade at 225.00 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 2.19% or 6.40 points to end at 298.40 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was up 1.83% or 175.0 points to 9720.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 4.36% or 6.45 points to trade at 141.50 in late trade. Polyus Zoloto OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 3.28% or 133.2 points to end at 3925.8 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 3.24% or 1.150 points to 34.350.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 101 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.21% to 21.280.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.85% or 10.38 to $1227.68 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.17% or 0.54 to hit $46.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.58 to trade at $49.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.18% to 59.1292, while EUR/RUB fell 0.89% to 67.8010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 95.05.