Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.89% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 3.83% or 172.0 points to trade at 4659.0 at the close. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 3.43% or 2.630 points to end at 79.350 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 3.22% or 17.05 points to 546.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG), which lost 2.86% or 24.5 points to trade at 833.5 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 2.18% or 3.35 points to end at 150.65 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) shed 2.12% or 16.5 points to 761.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 102 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.61% to 17.930.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.22% or 2.90 to $1334.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.30% or 0.19 to hit $63.92 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.16 to trade at $69.31 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.29% to 56.6964, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 69.3438.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.36.