Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.27% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 2.19% or 0.0223 points to trade at 1.0414 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 2.18% or 214.0 points to end at 10050.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 1.69% or 5.00 points to 301.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 1.75% or 11.60 points to trade at 650.00 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 1.66% or 32.00 points to end at 1893.00 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) shed 1.46% or 4.90 points to 330.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 111 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.58% to 15.550 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.64 to $1275.84 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.99% or 1.52 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.67% or 1.52 to trade at $55.48 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.88% to 58.1981, while EUR/RUB rose 1.02% to 68.2075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 93.71.