Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 3.59% or 5.45 points to trade at 157.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 3.39% or 3.97 points to end at 120.97 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was up 2.89% or 0.0016 points to 0.0563 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which fell 2.79% or 1.020 points to trade at 35.580 at the close. PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) declined 2.05% or 51.0 points to end at 2440.0 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was down 1.21% or 1.70 points to 138.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 129 to 57 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 6.86% to 23.070.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.26% or 3.40 to $1325.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.76% or 1.66 to hit $61.78 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.64% or 1.68 to trade at $65.29 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.19% to 56.6965, while EUR/RUB fell 0.85% to 69.8925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 89.98.