Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.86% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG), which rose 4.88% or 0.1175 points to trade at 2.5250 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) added 3.87% or 4.99 points to end at 133.99 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 3.59% or 7.80 points to 225.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which lost 3.71% or 0.465 points to trade at 12.055 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 1.30% or 0.385 points to end at 29.200 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) shed 1.16% or 0.0094 points to 0.8020.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 127 to 82 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.73% to 21.730.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.47% or 5.71 to $1220.41 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.44% or 0.65 to hit $45.69 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.46 to trade at $47.98 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.13% to 60.0363, while EUR/RUB fell 1.07% to 68.6520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.53.