Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.08% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which rose 3.76% or 1.400 points to trade at 38.600 at the close. Meanwhile, AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 3.62% or 0.315 points to end at 9.010 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was up 3.42% or 2.35 points to 71.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 5.17% or 5.70 points to trade at 104.60 at the close. PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) declined 3.23% or 87.0 points to end at 2603.0 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) was down 2.05% or 15.4 points to 734.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 118 to 87 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.76% or 1.400 to 38.600.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.12% to 24.760.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.77% or 9.30 to $1202.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.01% or 0.71 to hit $71.03 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $78.72 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.44% to 66.5619, while EUR/RUB rose 0.15% to 78.1600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.83.