Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which rose 3.24% or 92.0 points to trade at 2932.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 2.38% or 0.0400 points to end at 1.7200 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was up 2.29% or 202.0 points to 9036.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 3.46% or 25.50 points to trade at 711.00 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 3.46% or 1.465 points to end at 40.930 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was down 2.50% or 2.68 points to 104.32.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 105 to 103 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.81% to 34.110.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.45 to $1271.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.03% or 0.48 to hit $46.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.26 to trade at $47.82 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.41% to 65.1664, while EUR/RUB fell 0.07% to 73.609.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 94.73.