Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.48% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 1.90% or 83.0 points to trade at 4445.0 at the close. MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 1.57% or 0.0465 points to end at 3.0005 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was up 1.48% or 0.430 points to 29.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which lost 5.45% or 37.0 points to trade at 641.5 in late trade. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) declined 1.49% or 2.15 points to end at 142.20 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) shed 1.17% or 3.70 points to 311.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 104 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.99% to 16.260 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 11.34 to $1290.36 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.46% or 0.24 to hit $52.12 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.42 to trade at $57.50 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.54% to 58.1329, while EUR/RUB rose 0.35% to 68.4160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 93.09.