Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which rose 5.31% or 10.80 points to trade at 214.00 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 4.48% or 0.600 points to end at 14.000 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was up 4.31% or 5.30 points to 128.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which lost 1.52% or 2.95 points to trade at 191.35 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 0.54% or 50.0 points to end at 9280.0 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) shed 0.38% or 0.45 points to 119.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 127 to 87 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.72% to 22.820.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.63% or 7.82 to $1257.22 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.24 to hit $42.98 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.29 to trade at $45.51 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.90% to 59.4055, while EUR/RUB fell 0.42% to 66.6580.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 96.97.