Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which rose 4.36% or 11.90 points to trade at 285.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) added 3.09% or 2.90 points to end at 96.90 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was up 2.76% or 0.0640 points to 2.3820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which fell 2.52% or 1.040 points to trade at 40.260 at the close. MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) declined 2.42% or 13.50 points to end at 544.50 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was down 1.63% or 11.80 points to 714.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 116 to 105 and 17 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.45% to 20.100.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 5.19 to $1297.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $52.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.80% to 58.6882, while EUR/RUB fell 0.12% to 69.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 92.66.