Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 8.66% or 1.255 points to trade at 15.750 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 3.79% or 0.0950 points to end at 2.6000 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 3.75% or 105.5 points to 2917.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA), which lost 3.79% or 5.95 points to trade at 151.00 in late trade. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 3.36% or 10.00 points to end at 287.90 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 1.70% or 0.610 points to 35.190.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 83 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.79% to 24.260.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.45% or 5.44 to $1221.54 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.51% or 1.61 to hit $47.49 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.20% or 1.56 to trade at $50.29 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.87% to 57.4391, while EUR/RUB fell 1.63% to 62.498.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 99.44.