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 MICEX added 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 7.67% or 2.200 points to trade at 30.890 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 7.35% or 12.15 points to end at 177.35 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 4.90% or 7.20 points to 154.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which lost 5.01% or 0.2015 points to trade at 3.8240 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 2.35% or 4350 points to end at 180600 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) shed 1.74% or 12.00 points to 679.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 177 to 47 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.15% to 25.770.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.67% or 8.40 to $1245.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $56.45 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 58.3013, while EUR/RUB fell 0.28% to 61.583.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 101.60.