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 gained 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 2.17% or 1.000 points to trade at 47.000 at the close. NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) added 2.09% or 9.00 points to end at 439.00 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 2.01% or 104.0 points to 5266.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which lost 3.05% or 17.2 points to trade at 546.4 in late trade. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 2.57% or 2.74 points to end at 103.70 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) shed 2.19% or 5.30 points to 237.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 102 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.11% to 27.510.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.64% or 7.90 to $1251.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.14% or 2.13 to hit $53.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.61% or 2.77 to trade at $62.83 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.78% to 66.3527, while EUR/RUB fell 0.66% to 75.5991.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.625.