Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank (MCX:SBER), which rose 4.06% or 4.41 points to trade at 112.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) added 3.16% or 9.70 points to end at 316.50 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 2.55% or 1.790 points to 71.890 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 3.96% or 42.00 points to trade at 1018.00 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 2.65% or 0.0170 points to end at 0.6240 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRO) was down 2.13% or 25 points to 1148.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 110 to 98 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sberbank (MCX:SBER) rose to all time highs; rising 4.06% or 4.41 to 112.92.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.49% to 32.530 a new 3-months low.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.42% or 5.20 to $1242.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 6.55% or 2.44 to hit $39.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 6.24% or 2.46 to trade at $41.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.37% to 67.0643, while EUR/RUB fell 1.29% to 76.560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 94.17.