Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which rose 3.37% or 8.10 points to trade at 248.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.04% or 56.50 points to end at 1916.00 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 2.52% or 4250 points to 173050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which fell 2.75% or 22 points to trade at 778 at the close. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 2.53% or 10.40 points to end at 401.10 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) was down 2.16% or 12.8 points to 579.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 125 to 79 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 9.60% to 25.250.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.77% or 9.95 to $1284.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.04% or 0.96 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.04% or 1.14 to trade at $57.09 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.38% to 67.7113, while EUR/RUB fell 1.27% to 77.2500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 95.713.