Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 9.82% or 1.940 points to trade at 21.700 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 3.35% or 2.75 points to end at 84.75 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 2.91% or 0.1100 points to 3.8900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which lost 2.48% or 37.5 points to trade at 1474.5 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 2.35% or 0.900 points to end at 37.450 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) shed 1.78% or 84.0 points to 4622.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 76 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.89% to 28.850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.63% or 7.60 to $1209.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.88% or 1.30 to hit $70.55 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.67 to trade at $79.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.84% to 68.8407, while EUR/RUB fell 0.71% to 80.0148.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.84.