Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.54% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which rose 2.86% or 379.0 points to trade at 13639.0 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 2.36% or 2.50 points to end at 108.60 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 2.02% or 19.30 points to 976.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 3.34% or 0.975 points to trade at 28.220 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 2.90% or 17.4 points to end at 581.6 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 2.07% or 0.925 points to 43.745.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 95 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.76% to 23.840.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.11% or 1.40 to $1310.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.49% or 1.33 to hit $54.64 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.80% or 1.10 to trade at $62.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.20% to 65.9284, while EUR/RUB fell 0.24% to 75.3125.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.567.