Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 2.56%

Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 2.56%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 5.81% or 274.50 points to trade at 5,000.00 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 5.78% or 2.90 points to end at 53.09 and Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:SNGS) was up 5.26% or 1.22 points to 24.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 0.58% or 3.70 points to trade at 633.80 in late trade. HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 185 to 51 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.06% to 31.84.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.99% or 25.60 to $2,606.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.39% or 0.27 to hit $69.24 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $72.13 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.89% to 89.99, while EUR/RUB rose 0.90% to 99.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 101.11.