Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.06% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 3.96% or 0.347 points to trade at 9.100 at the close. Meanwhile, VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 3.91% or 0.0014 points to end at 0.0371 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 3.64% or 3.28 points to 93.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which fell 1.89% or 2.06 points to trade at 107.00 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 1.81% or 0.0710 points to end at 3.8600 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was down 0.74% or 3.00 points to 404.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 128 to 82 and 27 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.93% to 21.620 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.78% or 10.10 to $1282.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.86% or 1.49 to hit $53.56 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.45 to trade at $62.63 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.16% to 66.2620, while EUR/RUB fell 0.44% to 75.2521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 96.012.