– Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining , Telecoms and Power sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 0.47%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ), which rose 4.00% or 0.27 points to trade at 7.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus PJSC (MCX: PLZL ) added 2.36% or 341.00 points to end at 14,762.00 and Severstal PJSC (MCX: CHMF ) was up 1.13% or 12.60 points to 1,130.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX: TCSG ), which fell 5.19% or 133.80 points to trade at 2,442.60 at the close. NOVATEK PJSC (MCX: NVTK ) declined 4.83% or 41.80 points to end at 823.00 and Gazprom PJSC (MCX: GAZP ) was down 3.74% or 4.64 points to 119.46.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 149 to 95 and 12 ended unchanged.

Shares in NOVATEK PJSC (MCX: NVTK ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.83% or 41.80 to 823.00.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 2.36% to 47.51 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.37% or 36.65 to $2,711.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.64% or 1.15 to hit $71.25 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.91 to trade at $75.14 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 3.02% to 104.35, while EUR/RUB rose 2.44% to 108.69.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 107.47.