Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 4.19% or 86.00 points to trade at 2140.50 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 3.76% or 20.40 points to end at 563.10 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 3.75% or 0.1375 points to 3.8050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which lost 3.31% or 149.0 points to trade at 4351.0 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 2.48% or 15.40 points to end at 605.00 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 1.25% or 60.0 points to 4725.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 157 to 53 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.25% to 23.210 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.64% or 8.50 to $1321.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.40% or 1.52 to hit $61.87 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.78% or 1.19 to trade at $65.67 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.70% to 57.2739, while EUR/RUB fell 0.12% to 70.2865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 90.12.