Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 6.07% or 25.50 points to trade at 445.50 at the close. Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) added 5.83% or 60.0 points to end at 1090.0 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 3.75% or 4470 points to 123570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 3.30% or 2.51 points to trade at 73.49 in late trade. DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) declined 2.32% or 9.50 points to end at 400.50 and Mos obl sb (MCX:MSRS) shed 1.61% or 0.0150 points to 0.9150.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 57 and 7 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 18.35% to 40.370.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.40% or 4.70 to $1186.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.63% or 0.37 to hit $59.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.18 to trade at $65.36 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.17% to 50.893, while EUR/RUB rose 0.49% to 57.080.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 94.81.