Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 6.38% or 2.700 points to trade at 45.000 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) added 2.53% or 1.050 points to end at 42.550 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 2.28% or 8.90 points to 399.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which lost 7.92% or 59.0 points to trade at 686.0 in late trade. Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) declined 1.76% or 1.80 points to end at 100.60 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) shed 1.32% or 40.0 points to 2985.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 100 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.36% to 18.690.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.81 to $1316.41 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.16% or 1.08 to hit $50.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.23% or 1.23 to trade at $56.37 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.53% to 57.8201, while EUR/RUB fell 0.47% to 69.4053.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.50.