Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.71% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Lukoil (MCX:LKOH), which rose 5.98% or 220.5 points to trade at 3908.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) added 2.50% or 21.0 points to end at 861.0 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was up 2.37% or 14 points to 582 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which fell 2.70% or 8.80 points to trade at 317.00 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 1.95% or 11.6 points to end at 582.6 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was down 1.82% or 2.70 points to 145.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 123 to 112 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) rose to all time highs; rising 5.98% or 220.5 to 3908.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.70% to 15.830.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.70% or 9.20 to $1331.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $69.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.32% to 56.6113, while EUR/RUB rose 1.22% to 68.6866.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 91.07.