Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 3.83% or 22.6 points to trade at 612.4 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 3.71% or 3.30 points to end at 92.15 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) was up 2.00% or 1.75 points to 89.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 2.66% or 0.640 points to trade at 23.430 in late trade. VTB (MCX:VTBR) declined 2.60% or 0.0011 points to end at 0.0430 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) shed 2.51% or 1.85 points to 71.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 100 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.93% to 28.960.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1202.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.11% or 2.05 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.73% or 1.98 to trade at $74.61 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.53% to 68.3001, while EUR/RUB rose 1.71% to 79.1829.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 95.03.