Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 4.58% or 31.80 points to trade at 725.90 at the close. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 2.94% or 2.30 points to end at 80.50 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 2.41% or 253.0 points to 10768.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which lost 4.61% or 25.4 points to trade at 526.1 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 3.09% or 63.00 points to end at 1975.00 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) shed 2.13% or 1.690 points to 77.480.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 116 to 99 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.23% to 19.230.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.75% or 9.58 to $1291.28 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.09% or 1.19 to hit $58.02 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.59 to trade at $63.16 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.00% to 58.5947, while EUR/RUB fell 0.52% to 69.0800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 93.44.