Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 6.20% or 89.5 points to trade at 1532.0 at the close. Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) added 4.72% or 225.0 points to end at 4995.0 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 3.87% or 7.01 points to 188.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which lost 4.41% or 31.2 points to trade at 676.6 in late trade. NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) declined 4.15% or 45.00 points to end at 1039.00 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) shed 3.00% or 0.0166 points to 0.5371.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 81 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.68% to 28.010.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1231.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.66% or 1.10 to hit $67.53 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.90 to trade at $77.34 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.28% to 65.3300, while EUR/RUB fell 0.98% to 74.4100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 96.12.