Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.04% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which rose 5.14% or 11.00 points to trade at 225.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 2.19% or 6.40 points to end at 298.40 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was up 1.83% or 175.0 points to 9720.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 4.36% or 6.45 points to trade at 141.50 at the close. Polyus Zoloto OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 3.28% or 133.2 points to end at 3925.8 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 3.24% or 1.150 points to 34.350.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 107 to 101 and 19 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.16% to 21.290.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.85% or 10.34 to $1227.64 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.17% or 0.54 to hit $46.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.58 to trade at $49.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.18% to 59.1294, while EUR/RUB fell 0.89% to 67.8010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 95.05.