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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 2.37%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ), which rose 2.84% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazprom PJSC (MCX: GAZP ) added 2.28% or 3.03 points to end at 135.94 and Aeroflot PJSC (MCX: AFLT ) was up 2.21% or 1.54 points to 71.14 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 1,083.80 at the close. T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX: T ) added 0.33% or 10.60 points to end at 3,180.00 and Sberbank Rossii PJSC (MCX: SBER ) was up 0.38% or 1.14 points to 300.95.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 87 to 1.

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 0.96% to 58.84.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 2.11% or 67.10 to $3,244.60 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 2.26% or 1.43 to trade at $64.76 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.30% to 83.25, while EUR/RUB rose 1.15% to 94.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.72% at 99.89.