Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil and Gas, Telecom and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI rose 2.72%, while the MICEX index gained 3.50%.
The best performers of the session on the RTSI were RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR), which rose 9.41% or 44.20 points to trade at 514.00 at the close. Meanwhile, MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) added 9.05% or 90.00 points to end at 1085.00 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was up 8.21% or 840.0 points to 11075.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO), which fell 3.26% or 330.0 points to trade at 9800.0 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 2.98% or 1.29 points to end at 41.99 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was down 0.66% or 1.15 points to 173.05.
The top performers on the MICEX were RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR) which rose 9.41% to 514.00, MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) which was up 9.05% to settle at 1085.00 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) which gained 8.21% to close at 11075.0.
The worst performers were Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) which was down 3.26% to 9800.0 in late trade, SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) which lost 2.98% to settle at 41.99 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) which was down 0.66% to 173.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 102 to 42 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 2.52% or 31.80 to $1230.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 2.30% or 1.16 to hit $51.64 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 2.34% or 1.32 to trade at $57.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.79% to 67.073, while EUR/RUB fell 0.39% to 76.077.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.11% at 94.70.