Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 8.16% or 4.89 points to trade at 64.79 at the close. Meanwhile, MMK (MCX:MAGN) added 5.89% or 1.338 points to end at 24.070 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) was up 4.21% or 25.0 points to 619.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST), which fell 2.69% or 30.0 points to trade at 1085.0 at the close. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) declined 2.47% or 1.300 points to end at 51.400 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was down 2.16% or 0.0100 points to 0.4535.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 105 to 104 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in MMK (MCX:MAGN) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 5.89% or 1.338 to 24.070.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.17% to 37.190.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.53% or 6.10 to $1141.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.45% or 0.67 to hit $46.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 0.90 to trade at $49.70 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.07% to 63.514, while EUR/RUB fell 0.60% to 70.034.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 96.87.