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 gained 0.35% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 4.34% or 1.920 points to trade at 46.175 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) added 4.11% or 7.05 points to end at 178.45 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 2.87% or 4.55 points to 163.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which lost 2.11% or 12.0 points to trade at 556.0 in late trade. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) declined 1.81% or 6.50 points to end at 353.10 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) shed 1.47% or 1.140 points to 76.160.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 107 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 6.24% to 17.270 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.85% or 10.87 to $1286.67 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.31% or 0.18 to hit $57.02 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $63.74 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.34% to 59.1565, while EUR/RUB fell 0.28% to 68.5960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.74.