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 MICEX rose 0.01% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which rose 5.90% or 9700 points to trade at 174200 at the close. Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) added 4.15% or 13.65 points to end at 342.50 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) was up 2.64% or 20.0 points to 777.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which lost 2.88% or 2.49 points to trade at 84.04 in late trade. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) declined 2.15% or 0.0133 points to end at 0.6065 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 2.00% or 188.0 points to 9200.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 75 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.37% to 32.920.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.29% or 16.05 to $1263.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.63% or 0.82 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 0.97 to trade at $52.41 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.49% to 63.6525, while EUR/RUB fell 1.13% to 72.604.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 93.49.