Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.80% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 4.46% or 2.285 points to trade at 53.485 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) added 4.23% or 6.88 points to end at 169.47 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was up 4.19% or 20.60 points to 512.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which lost 0.72% or 0.0295 points to trade at 4.0800 in late trade. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) declined 0.63% or 1.05 points to end at 166.80 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) shed 0.61% or 0.055 points to 8.955.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 151 to 69 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.19% to 27.010.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 4.00 to $1203.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.32% or 0.24 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.51 to trade at $85.31 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.30% to 65.7025, while EUR/RUB rose 0.09% to 75.6909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 95.36.