Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.03% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 7.72% or 51.0 points to trade at 712.0 at the close. Meanwhile, SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 4.88% or 4.90 points to end at 105.35 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was up 3.14% or 15.00 points to 493.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which fell 5.62% or 5.79 points to trade at 97.20 at the close. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) declined 3.74% or 442.0 points to end at 11388.0 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was down 3.15% or 2.20 points to 67.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 93 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) rose to all time highs; up 3.14% or 15.00 to 493.00. Shares in Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.15% or 2.20 to 67.70.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.38% to 24.340 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.73% or 8.70 to $1196.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.68% or 1.21 to hit $73.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.59 to trade at $82.97 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.19% to 65.4923, while EUR/RUB fell 0.41% to 76.0641.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.68.