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 MOEX Russia gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 8.17% or 42.5 points to trade at 563.0 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 6.87% or 46.0 points to end at 716.0 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 2.43% or 2.25 points to 94.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which lost 3.22% or 3.80 points to trade at 114.30 in late trade. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) declined 1.75% or 0.0480 points to end at 2.7020 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) shed 1.19% or 0.410 points to 34.040.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 98 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.08% to 23.780.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.65% or 8.00 to $1215.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.53% or 0.36 to hit $68.85 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.43 to trade at $73.64 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.61% to 63.7273, while EUR/RUB rose 0.45% to 73.6150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.19.