Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which rose 2.37% or 20.70 points to trade at 895.70 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 2.10% or 11.70 points to end at 567.70 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 1.94% or 0.500 points to 26.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 3.11% or 130.0 points to trade at 4050.0 in late trade. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 2.52% or 17.0 points to end at 658.0 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 1.75% or 1.80 points to 101.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 80 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.72% to 24.700.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.31% or 3.80 to $1229.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.52% or 1.04 to hit $69.56 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.68 to trade at $74.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.48% to 63.0075, while EUR/RUB fell 0.49% to 73.6125.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.32.