Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.02% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 3.81% or 1.645 points to trade at 44.800 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 3.01% or 5.76 points to end at 197.00 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 2.79% or 2.750 points to 101.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which lost 1.65% or 30.0 points to trade at 1792.0 in late trade. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 1.51% or 0.450 points to end at 29.395 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) shed 1.15% or 1950 points to 167850.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 145 to 70 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.98% to 25.040.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.40% or 5.10 to $1291.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.34% or 2.16 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.66% or 2.15 to trade at $60.87 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.15% to 66.8004, while EUR/RUB rose 0.57% to 76.9892.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 94.928.