Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Manufacturing and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.08% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 11.93% or 10.65 points to trade at 99.95 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 3.24% or 0.2200 points to end at 7.0000 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 2.76% or 14.70 points to 548.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which lost 2.15% or 24.50 points to trade at 1115.30 in late trade. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 2.05% or 8.50 points to end at 406.00 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) shed 1.82% or 2950 points to 159550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 95 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.04% to 25.000.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.49% or 5.90 to $1208.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.15% or 0.80 to hit $70.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.19 to trade at $79.22 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.85% to 66.7925, while EUR/RUB fell 0.71% to 78.0405.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.06.