Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.12% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which rose 2.98% or 0.0239 points to trade at 0.8249 at the close. NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) added 2.92% or 8.95 points to end at 314.95 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was up 2.76% or 0.745 points to 27.770 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG), which lost 5.21% or 0.1660 points to trade at 3.0200 in late trade. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 1.51% or 1.71 points to end at 111.69 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) shed 0.89% or 5.20 points to 577.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 87 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.52% to 19.340.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.50 to $1351.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.98% or 0.97 to hit $48.12 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.37 to trade at $54.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.64% to 57.2623, while EUR/RUB rose 0.77% to 68.9400.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 91.27.