Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 3.83% or 18.10 points to trade at 490.10 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) added 3.34% or 17.2 points to end at 532.2 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) was up 2.50% or 9.8 points to 401.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which lost 1.30% or 0.70 points to trade at 53.00 in late trade. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 1.29% or 0.0019 points to end at 0.1486 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) shed 1.27% or 11.80 points to 915.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 130 to 90 and 12 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.17% to 26.070.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.74% or 9.40 to $1281.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 6.00% or 2.55 to hit $45.08 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 4.67% or 2.37 to trade at $53.14 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.36% to 68.9129, while EUR/RUB rose 0.39% to 78.5583.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.113.