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 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the were Magnit PJSC (MCX:), which rose 6.26% or 267.00 points to trade at 4,530.50 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:) added 6.21% or 24.50 points to end at 419.30 and Sberbank Rossii PJSC (MCX:) was up 3.44% or 7.87 points to 236.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:), which fell 7.91% or 95.20 points to trade at 1,107.80 at the close. Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:) declined 4.97% or 2.73 points to end at 52.15 and Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:) was down 2.90% or 1.71 points to 57.17.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 178 to 66 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.91% or 95.20 to 1,107.80.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 4.17% to 57.93.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.34% or 8.99 to $2,673.79 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.84% or 0.58 to hit $68.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.71 to trade at $72.07 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.38% to 106.51, while EUR/RUB fell 1.16% to 112.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 105.79.
