Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.34% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which rose 2.38% or 5.70 points to trade at 244.70 at the close. Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) added 2.37% or 76.0 points to end at 3286.0 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 2.35% or 14.00 points to 609.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which lost 3.39% or 0.1290 points to trade at 3.6710 in late trade. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 3.17% or 1.100 points to end at 33.550 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 2.42% or 2.90 points to 116.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 107 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.95% to 24.930.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.78% or 9.15 to $1178.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.59% or 0.30 to hit $51.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.15 to trade at $54.09 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.24% to 63.8242, while EUR/RUB fell 0.23% to 68.118.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 100.80.