Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.45% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Lukoil (MCX:LKOH), which rose 1.96% or 68.5 points to trade at 3569.5 at the close. MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 1.72% or 0.0460 points to end at 2.7200 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 1.70% or 10.1 points to 605.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which lost 4.27% or 6.54 points to trade at 146.46 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 1.79% or 35.50 points to end at 1942.50 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) shed 1.58% or 12.5 points to 776.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 78 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 6.74% to 15.640.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1322.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.97% or 0.60 to hit $61.41 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.41 to trade at $67.66 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.20% to 56.9893, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 68.6375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 91.72.