Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 2.72% or 5.07 points to trade at 191.50 at the close. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) added 2.67% or 0.0179 points to end at 0.6892 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) was up 2.60% or 19.0 points to 750.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which lost 8.66% or 0.835 points to trade at 8.805 in late trade. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 5.18% or 17.40 points to end at 318.20 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) shed 3.16% or 3.25 points to 99.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 75 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 4.22% to 24.290.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1270.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 4.39% or 2.88 to hit $68.42 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.41% or 1.76 to trade at $74.81 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.25% to 62.9123, while EUR/RUB fell 0.88% to 73.2800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.29.