Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 5.44% or 3.35 points to trade at 64.95 at the close. Meanwhile, VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 5.17% or 0.0029 points to end at 0.0598 and Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) was up 3.65% or 9.10 points to 258.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR), which fell 4.31% or 13.70 points to trade at 304.10 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 2.64% or 0.396 points to end at 14.599 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 2.45% or 7.45 points to 297.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 106 to 79 and 7 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.75% to 35.930 a new 3-months low.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.49% or 17.80 to $1176.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.11% or 0.64 to hit $57.10 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.21 to trade at $65.06 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.51% to 51.078, while EUR/RUB rose 0.64% to 55.546.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 97.08.