MOSCOW: Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 1.97% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 6.14% or 17.45 points to trade at 301.85 at the close. Meanwhile, ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 5.06% or 3.430 points to end at 71.200 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 3.96% or 96.6 points to 2537.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 1.78% or 16.00 points to trade at 882.00 at the close. E.ON Russia (MCX:EONR) declined 0.99% or 0.0260 points to end at 2.5940 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was down 0.90% or 1250 points to 138100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 122 to 64 and 11 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.85% to 33.570.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.60% or 6.50 to $1095.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.90% or 0.92 to hit $47.60 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.19% or 0.64 to trade at $52.67 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 2.81% to 61.408, while EUR/RUB rose 3.53% to 67.684.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.59% at 97.04.
