Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 2.98% or 15.40 points to trade at 531.40 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 2.64% or 0.2250 points to end at 8.7450 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 2.60% or 6.70 points to 264.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Surgut (MCX:SNGS), which lost 5.15% or 1.560 points to trade at 28.740 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 3.31% or 1.015 points to end at 29.685 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) shed 3.27% or 0.0245 points to 0.7255.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 100 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.83% to 19.500.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.43% or 5.80 to $1341.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.29% or 0.19 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.26 to trade at $68.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.33% to 56.1985, while EUR/RUB fell 0.04% to 69.8800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 88.86.