Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR), which rose 8.34% or 228.50 points to trade at 2,967.50 at the close. VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO) added 7.22% or 17.60 points to end at 261.20 and MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN) was up 6.63% or 6.90 points to 111.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK), which lost 1.72% or 7.00 points to trade at 400.40 in late trade. GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR) declined 0.32% or 3.60 points to end at 1,117.60 and Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:MOEX) shed 0.31% or 0.58 points to 187.81.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 126 to 126 and 4 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 5.18% to 67.23 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.60% or 15.89 to $2,662.19 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $68.73 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $72.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 7.25% to 113.15, while EUR/RUB rose 8.04% to 119.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.89% at 106.01.