Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 12.99% or 77.50 points to trade at 674.00 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 6.08% or 45.0 points to end at 785.0 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 4.93% or 5.25 points to 111.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which lost 2.21% or 96.0 points to trade at 4241.0 in late trade. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 1.73% or 1.68 points to end at 95.65 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) shed 1.46% or 0.0100 points to 0.6764.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 83 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.95% to 25.600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.00 to $1211.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.02% or 0.70 to hit $69.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.74 to trade at $77.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.41% to 68.1511, while EUR/RUB rose 0.49% to 79.7325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.56.