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 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which rose 3.75% or 0.2750 points to trade at 7.6050 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 3.46% or 26.40 points to end at 790.30 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 3.05% or 0.287 points to 9.705 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 3.15% or 15.9 points to trade at 488.2 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.82% or 63.80 points to end at 2200.20 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was down 1.37% or 0.455 points to 32.645.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 131 to 81 and 26 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.37% to 22.930.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.39% or 5.15 to $1319.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.04% or 1.11 to hit $55.52 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.04% or 1.32 to trade at $65.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.23% to 66.4946, while EUR/RUB fell 0.37% to 74.9455.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.928.