Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.07% or 195.0 points to trade at 6550.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) added 2.86% or 14.7 points to end at 528.1 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.73% or 3.17 points to 119.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which fell 4.04% or 26 points to trade at 629 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 3.40% or 11.00 points to end at 312.80 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was down 1.89% or 0.0675 points to 3.5080.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 110 to 103 and 24 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.82% to 17.800.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.29% or 3.60 to $1249.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.52% or 0.86 to hit $57.55 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.21 to trade at $63.41 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.16% to 59.2830, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 69.7185.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.95.