Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.71% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 7.24% or 347.0 points to trade at 5140.0 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 5.83% or 0.0029 points to end at 0.0517 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 2.25% or 13.20 points to 599.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which lost 1.93% or 10.90 points to trade at 553.00 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 1.58% or 9.80 points to end at 609.30 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) shed 1.54% or 38.00 points to 2435.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.53% to 22.340.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 1.60 to $1331.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.35% or 0.85 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.86 to trade at $67.25 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 56.5174, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 69.6354.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.75.