Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p), which rose 3.89% or 53.0 points to trade at 1415.0 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) added 3.44% or 1.355 points to end at 40.700 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 3.08% or 6300 points to 210550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 1.53% or 0.550 points to trade at 35.310 in late trade. Polyus Zoloto OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 1.33% or 62.0 points to end at 4586.0 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) shed 1.27% or 0.0360 points to 2.7900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 110 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.35% to 22.980.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.43% or 5.25 to $1206.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.51% or 0.27 to hit $53.08 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.40 to trade at $55.98 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.11% to 60.2261, while EUR/RUB fell 0.30% to 64.789.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 99.82.