Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.86% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which rose 5.03% or 7900 points to trade at 165000 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 3.43% or 392.0 points to end at 11819.0 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 3.16% or 6.90 points to 225.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which fell 3.45% or 0.0430 points to trade at 1.2050 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 2.23% or 0.960 points to end at 42.000 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was down 2.05% or 11.50 points to 549.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 115 to 99 and 6 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.57% to 35.040.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.10 to $1076.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.08% or 0.45 to hit $42.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.73% or 0.77 to trade at $44.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.04% to 64.576, while EUR/RUB fell 0.72% to 68.757.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 99.67.