Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Saturday, 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 added 2.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK), which rose 5.25% or 65.60 points to trade at 1,314.60 at the close. IPJSC YANDEX (MCX:YDEX) added 1.83% or 78.50 points to end at 4,371.50 and Gazprom PJSC (MCX:GAZP) was up 1.68% or 2.53 points to 152.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO), which fell 0.63% or 0.01 points to trade at 1.89 in late trade. AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX:AFKS) declined 0.51% or 0.08 points to end at 16.08 and Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:MOEX) down 0.41% or 0.86 points to 207.16.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 69 to 26 and 3 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 2.21% to 53.44.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.50% or 50.20 to $3,298.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $63.02 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.32 to trade at $66.87 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.69% to 82.62, while EUR/RUB fell 0.91% to 93.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 99.25.