Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.23% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were E.ON Russia (MCX:EONR), which rose 7.10% or 0.1810 points to trade at 2.7310 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 4.59% or 500.0 points to end at 11400.0 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 3.87% or 0.0028 points to 0.0765 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MVideo (MCX:MVID), which lost 5.28% or 14.00 points to trade at 251.30 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 4.03% or 7500 points to end at 178600 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) shed 3.66% or 1.655 points to 43.550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 130 to 94 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.20% to 34.970 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.81% or 10.30 to $1254.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $40.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.37 to trade at $41.17 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.69% to 68.5438, while EUR/RUB rose 0.04% to 77.287.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.03.