Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.63% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 3.36% or 26.00 points to trade at 798.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.31% or 69.00 points to end at 2152.00 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 3.03% or 0.280 points to 9.535 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 1.53% or 65.0 points to trade at 4191.0 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 1.37% or 7.6 points to end at 547.6 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 0.95% or 2.50 points to 261.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 127 to 96 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.80% to 22.690.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.48% or 18.95 to $1298.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.81% or 0.43 to hit $53.56 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.36 to trade at $61.45 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.31% to 65.9683, while EUR/RUB rose 1.12% to 75.2297.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 95.553.