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 rose 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which rose 6.72% or 50.90 points to trade at 808.10 at the close. Meanwhile, MMK (MCX:MAGN) added 2.18% or 1.010 points to end at 47.410 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 2.12% or 2.30 points to 110.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR), which fell 1.65% or 0.0122 points to trade at 0.7270 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) declined 1.53% or 0.1050 points to end at 6.7700 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was down 1.12% or 5.40 points to 474.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 92 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) rose to all time highs; rising 6.72% or 50.90 to 808.10.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.52% to 24.090.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1303.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.30% or 3.04 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.39% or 2.67 to trade at $76.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.02% to 62.2415, while EUR/RUB rose 0.47% to 72.5724.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 94.12.
