Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.68% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 4.66% or 27.5 points to trade at 617.5 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 3.45% or 60.0 points to end at 1800.0 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 3.42% or 3.97 points to 120.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 2.60% or 20.5 points to trade at 767.5 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.21% or 45.50 points to end at 2015.50 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) shed 2.06% or 9.80 points to 466.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 89 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.41% to 27.260.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.45% or 5.90 to $1323.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $74.81 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.92% to 62.1420, while EUR/RUB fell 0.86% to 75.2325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 91.43.