Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 6.73% or 39.10 points to trade at 620.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 3.94% or 29.10 points to end at 767.30 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was up 2.65% or 31.40 points to 1218.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 2.88% or 13.0 points to trade at 438.0 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) declined 2.03% or 4.62 points to end at 223.18 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was down 1.63% or 59.5 points to 3590.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 125 to 102 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.73% or 39.10 to 620.00. Shares in NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.65% or 31.40 to 1218.40.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.88% to 19.500.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.83% or 10.65 to $1290.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.97% or 2.59 to hit $62.62 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 4.06% or 3.02 to trade at $71.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.27% to 64.8300, while EUR/RUB rose 0.53% to 72.3650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 97.643.