Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 7.61% or 2.890 points to trade at 40.890 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 5.12% or 15.30 points to end at 314.00 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 3.58% or 9.45 points to 273.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 2.18% or 17.0 points to trade at 762.5 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 1.36% or 25.50 points to end at 1843.00 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) shed 1.19% or 5.00 points to 416.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 99 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.04% to 20.330.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.13% or 1.71 to $1342.79 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.11% or 0.54 to hit $49.20 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.67 to trade at $54.05 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.35% to 57.3254, while EUR/RUB fell 0.27% to 68.3875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 92.09.