Investing.com – 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 added 1.18% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PIK SHb PJSC (MCX: PIKK ), which rose 15.88% or 88.60 points to trade at 646.70 at the close. Meanwhile, ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX: OZONDR ) added 6.54% or 214.00 points to end at 3,487.00 and MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX: GMKN ) was up 4.85% or 5.80 points to 124.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ), which fell 0.87% or 0.08 points to trade at 9.26 at the close. Polyus PJSC (MCX: PLZL ) declined 0.50% or 76.50 points to end at 15,131.00 and TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX: TATN ) was down 0.46% or 3.10 points to 674.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 181 to 65 and 7 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 6.86% to 34.74 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.47% or 13.01 to $2,737.89 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.53% or 0.41 to hit $77.44 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.51 to trade at $80.78 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 1.09% to 102.50, while EUR/RUB fell 0.23% to 105.26.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 109.25.