Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the rose 2.56%.
The best performers of the session on the were Magnit (MCX:), which rose 5.81% or 274.50 points to trade at 5,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:) added 5.78% or 2.90 points to end at 53.09 and Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:) was up 5.26% or 1.22 points to 24.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:), which fell 0.58% or 3.70 points to trade at 633.80 at the close. HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 185 to 51 and 20 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.06% to 31.84.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.99% or 25.60 to $2,606.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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.
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