Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil and Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI rose 3.88% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MICEX index added 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the RTSI were TMK ao (MCX:TRMK), which rose 13.57% or 6.00 points to trade at 50.20 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 5.96% or 0.0038 points to end at 0.0681 and Sberbank (MCX:SBER) was up 5.45% or 3.95 points to 76.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which lost 2.54% or 1.055 points to trade at 40.400 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 2.52% or 14.50 points to end at 561.50 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) shed 2.07% or 235.0 points to 11140.0.
The top performers on the MICEX were TMK ao (MCX:TRMK) which rose 13.57% to 50.20, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) which was up 5.96% to settle at 0.0681 and Sberbank (MCX:SBER) which gained 5.45% to close at 76.40.
The worst performers were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) which was down 2.54% to 40.400 in late trade, Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) which lost 2.52% to settle at 561.50 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) which was down 2.07% to 11140.0 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 91 to 58 and 7 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.82% or 9.90 to $1198.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 2.74% or 1.49 to hit $52.80 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 2.63% or 1.65 to trade at $60.88 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 3.94% to 61.270, while EUR/RUB fell 2.41% to 69.606.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 94.52.