Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN), which rose 3.49% or 10.85 points to trade at 322.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 2.97% or 8.90 points to end at 308.90 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 2.82% or 11.50 points to 419.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 3.38% or 282.0 points to trade at 8065.0 at the close. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) declined 2.36% or 19.0 points to end at 786.0 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 1.07% or 0.480 points to 44.520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 80 and 23 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.60% to 14.920.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.28 to $1271.88 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.01% or 1.06 to hit $53.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.50% or 0.89 to trade at $60.19 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.57% to 58.1865, while EUR/RUB fell 0.06% to 67.4100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 94.92.