Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 2.43%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX: AFKS ), which rose 5.73% or 0.83 points to trade at 15.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Novolipetsk Steel (MCX: NLMK ) added 5.40% or 6.92 points to end at 135.04 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ) was up 5.10% or 0.39 points to 7.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rostelekom PJSC (MCX: RTKM ), which fell 1.91% or 1.15 points to trade at 59.13 at the close. Magnit PJSC (MCX: MGNT ) declined 0.34% or 15.50 points to end at 4,567.50 and GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 1,083.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 227 to 21 and 6 ended unchanged.

Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 6.82% to 62.85.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 2.45% or 77.90 to $3,255.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.38% or 1.43 to hit $61.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.15% or 1.36 to trade at $64.69 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.32% to 83.23, while EUR/RUB rose 1.09% to 94.51.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.04% at 99.56.