Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the rose 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:), which rose 4.53% or 31.50 points to trade at 727.00 at the close. Polyus PJSC (MCX:) added 3.84% or 632.50 points to end at 17,098.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:) was up 2.36% or 4.86 points to 211.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:), which lost 1.62% or 0.61 points to trade at 36.76 in late trade. AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX:) declined 1.57% or 0.24 points to end at 14.72 and ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:) shed 1.46% or 52.00 points to 3,511.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 146 to 98 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 2.87% to 35.23.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.47% or 12.86 to $2,777.86 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $74.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $78.43 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 2.08% to 97.80, while EUR/RUB fell 1.32% to 102.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 107.25.
