Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.31% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 3.98% or 4.34 points to trade at 113.40 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 3.07% or 0.2450 points to end at 8.2250 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) was up 2.45% or 3.43 points to 143.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which lost 3.18% or 145.0 points to trade at 4411.0 in late trade. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) declined 1.95% or 1.50 points to end at 75.50 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) shed 1.88% or 3.78 points to 197.52.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 105 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.60% to 16.520.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 4.30 to $1318.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.35 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.11 to trade at $68.93 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.09% to 57.0447, while EUR/RUB rose 0.29% to 68.2175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.02.