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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 0.16%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX: PHOR ), which rose 4.35% or 276.00 points to trade at 6,620.00 at the close. Meanwhile, IPJSC YANDEX (MCX: YDEX ) added 0.81% or 32.50 points to end at 4,022.00 and Sberbank Rossii PJSC Pref (MCX: SBER_p ) was up 0.69% or 2.08 points to 304.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PIK SHb PJSC (MCX: PIKK ), which fell 2.76% or 13.70 points to trade at 483.50 at the close. OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX: RUAL ) declined 1.58% or 0.52 points to end at 32.80 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ) was down 1.58% or 0.12 points to 7.31.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 155 to 82 and 15 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 0.95% to 45.99.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.61% or 19.55 to $3,207.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.40% or 0.86 to hit $62.48 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.32% or 0.85 to trade at $65.38 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 1.38% to 81.10, while EUR/RUB rose 0.96% to 90.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 100.84.