Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 2.22% or 0.0012 points to trade at 0.0534 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 2.15% or 3900 points to end at 185500 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 1.98% or 5.60 points to 288.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which fell 4.50% or 17.10 points to trade at 362.90 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 2.84% or 194.0 points to end at 6635.0 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was down 2.72% or 8.50 points to 304.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 115 to 96 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in MVideo (MCX:MVID) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.50% or 17.10 to 362.90.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.82% to 18.630.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.53 to $1287.67 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.34% or 0.78 to hit $58.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $63.58 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.31% to 58.2642, while EUR/RUB rose 0.37% to 69.5550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.66.