Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the MOEX Oil and Gas, MOEX Electric Utilities and MOEX Telecommunication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM), which rose 2.82% or 0.18 points to trade at 6.59 at the close. TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX:TATN) added 2.76% or 18.00 points to end at 671.00 and PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) was up 2.04% or 11.30 points to 564.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which fell 1.00% or 14.00 points to trade at 1,389.00 in late trade. OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) declined 0.95% or 0.29 points to end at 30.83 and Magnit PJSC (MCX:MGNT) down 0.24% or 8.50 points to 3,600.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 128 to 107 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 1.09% to 33.37.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.84% or 61.75 to $3,286.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $65.09 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.28 to trade at $66.41 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.23% to 78.93, while EUR/RUB fell 0.15% to 91.98.
