Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.92% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 4.75% or 24.90 points to trade at 549.10 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 4.46% or 33.50 points to end at 784.00 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 3.39% or 0.0319 points to 0.9719 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which lost 1.35% or 0.75 points to trade at 54.65 in late trade. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 0.79% or 4.4 points to end at 551.8 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) shed 0.68% or 6.50 points to 945.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 134 to 84 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.44% to 22.630.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.25 to $1283.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.87% or 0.46 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.48 to trade at $61.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.75% to 66.0378, while EUR/RUB fell 0.47% to 75.2039.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.748.