Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 3.69% or 20.6 points to trade at 579.4 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 3.17% or 54.5 points to end at 1774.0 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 3.09% or 21.80 points to 727.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which lost 3.57% or 18.0 points to trade at 486.8 in late trade. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) declined 2.34% or 0.120 points to end at 5.000 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) shed 2.15% or 11.00 points to 500.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 104 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.11% to 28.440.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.42% or 5.30 to $1258.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.81% or 1.31 to hit $47.91 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.36% or 1.33 to trade at $57.59 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.52% to 67.6235, while EUR/RUB rose 1.04% to 77.2230.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.140.