Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 3.11% or 19.10 points to trade at 633.00 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.04% or 65.00 points to end at 2200.00 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 2.27% or 261.0 points to 11761.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which lost 1.85% or 2.60 points to trade at 137.70 in late trade. Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTADR) declined 1.67% or 6 points to end at 384 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) shed 1.23% or 11.60 points to 930.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 105 to 105 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.23% to 23.810.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.39% or 18.50 to $1348.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.25% or 0.15 to hit $59.34 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.30 to trade at $63.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.93% to 57.0935, while EUR/RUB fell 0.68% to 70.7406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 89.29.