Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Megion (MCX:MFGS), which rose 6.52% or 36.0 points to trade at 588.0 at the close. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) added 6.12% or 9.05 points to end at 156.95 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 3.85% or 9.50 points to 256.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which lost 2.46% or 4800 points to trade at 190500 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 2.38% or 4.00 points to end at 164.15 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) shed 2.04% or 0.0014 points to 0.0657.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 92 and 28 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.67% to 23.580.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.06% or 0.75 to $1229.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.23% or 0.56 to hit $46.08 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.52 to trade at $48.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.33% to 58.1746, while EUR/RUB rose 0.22% to 63.894.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 98.54.