Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 2.98% or 0.0390 points to trade at 1.3490 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 2.52% or 134.0 points to end at 5460.0 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was up 2.40% or 0.0134 points to 0.5719 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which fell 1.76% or 43.0 points to trade at 2405.0 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 1.58% or 8.0 points to end at 497.0 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was down 1.37% or 0.86 points to 62.14.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 112 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.98% or 0.0390 to 1.3490.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.56% to 22.720.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 5.15 to $1347.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.22% or 1.17 to hit $53.76 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.19% or 1.35 to trade at $63.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.34% to 64.8632, while EUR/RUB rose 0.30% to 73.5554.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.458.