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 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 2.98% or 0.0014 points to trade at 0.0498 at the close. Meanwhile, X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 2.15% or 37.0 points to end at 1758.0 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 1.96% or 83.0 points to 4319.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unipro (MCX:UPRO), which fell 1.90% or 0.0550 points to trade at 2.8450 at the close. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) declined 1.80% or 10.5 points to end at 572.0 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was down 1.55% or 10 points to 666.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 123 to 93 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) fell to all time lows; down 1.80% or 10.5 to 572.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.87% to 21.470.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.35% or 4.40 to $1242.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.87% or 0.61 to hit $70.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.89 to trade at $75.34 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.48% to 62.5683, while EUR/RUB rose 0.51% to 73.0221.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.57.