Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 6.06% or 5.90 points to trade at 103.30 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 4.98% or 4.46 points to end at 94.01 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 4.71% or 29.20 points to 649.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which lost 3.85% or 30.50 points to trade at 762.50 in late trade. NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) declined 3.71% or 16.45 points to end at 427.15 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) shed 2.71% or 0.0150 points to 0.5380.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 116 to 106 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.31% to 28.730.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.31% or 3.70 to $1202.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.99% or 1.11 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.05% or 1.34 to trade at $66.81 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.41% to 67.1521, while EUR/RUB fell 1.15% to 75.9750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.84.