Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which rose 4.36% or 11.90 points to trade at 285.00 at the close. Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) added 3.09% or 2.90 points to end at 96.90 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was up 2.76% or 0.0640 points to 2.3820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 2.52% or 1.040 points to trade at 40.260 in late trade. MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) declined 2.42% or 13.50 points to end at 544.50 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) shed 1.63% or 11.80 points to 714.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 105 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.45% to 20.100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 5.09 to $1297.09 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $52.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.80% to 58.6883, while EUR/RUB fell 0.12% to 69.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 92.66.