Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.09% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which rose 1.51% or 0.575 points to trade at 38.570 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 1.38% or 65.0 points to end at 4780.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 1.24% or 6.80 points to 555.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which lost 2.91% or 48.5 points to trade at 1619.0 in late trade. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 1.79% or 0.0740 points to end at 4.0495 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) shed 1.71% or 2.76 points to 158.38.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 92 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.45% to 28.820.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.34% or 4.30 to $1242.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $53.24 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $62.06 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.19% to 66.7120, while EUR/RUB fell 0.13% to 75.6925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.965.