Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 3.24% or 4.40 points to trade at 140.40 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 3.15% or 21.70 points to end at 710.00 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 3.07% or 9.50 points to 319.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which lost 6.77% or 0.900 points to trade at 12.400 in late trade. Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN) declined 3.25% or 25.5 points to end at 759.0 and MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) shed 2.48% or 0.0665 points to 2.6150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 102 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.60% to 16.460.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.40 to $1290.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.70% or 0.42 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.56 to trade at $65.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.38% to 57.8435, while EUR/RUB rose 0.66% to 68.8294.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.