Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.68% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 4.66% or 27.5 points to trade at 617.5 at the close. Meanwhile, X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 3.45% or 60.0 points to end at 1800.0 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 3.42% or 3.97 points to 120.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 2.60% or 20.5 points to trade at 767.5 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.21% or 45.50 points to end at 2015.50 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was down 2.06% or 9.80 points to 466.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 129 to 89 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.41% to 27.260.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.44% or 5.80 to $1323.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $74.81 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.92% to 62.1420, while EUR/RUB fell 0.86% to 75.2325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 91.43.