Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 4.35% or 0.98 points to trade at 23.60 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 2.73% or 38.00 points to end at 1,411.00 and Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:SNGS) was up 2.10% or 0.61 points to 29.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 1.75% or 105.50 points to trade at 5,934.00 in late trade. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) declined 1.25% or 17.60 points to end at 1,388.20 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) shed 1.16% or 17.00 points to 1,448.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 142 to 102 and 7 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.39% to 24.83.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.40% or 9.70 to $2,397.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.70% or 0.54 to hit $77.50 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $81.50 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 86.24, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 93.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 104.08.