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 added 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:), which rose 3.70% or 120.50 points to trade at 3,380.00 at the close. PIK (MCX:) added 3.17% or 20.10 points to end at 654.20 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:) was up 2.82% or 33.60 points to 1,226.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rostelekom PAO (MCX:), which lost 4.73% or 3.81 points to trade at 76.67 in late trade. Polyus PAO (MCX:) declined 0.96% or 130.50 points to end at 13,397.50 and Magnit (MCX:) shed 0.52% or 30.00 points to 5,759.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 169 to 76 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 4.65% to 28.72.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.52% or 14.00 to $2,680.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.43% or 0.97 to hit $68.64 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 0.91 to trade at $72.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.84% to 94.31, while EUR/RUB rose 1.72% to 105.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.15.
