Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which rose 7.66% or 11.78 points to trade at 165.58 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 6.11% or 0.475 points to end at 8.245 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was up 3.96% or 65.5 points to 1721.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which lost 1.34% or 2.16 points to trade at 159.04 in late trade. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 1.33% or 0.620 points to end at 45.880 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) shed 0.96% or 0.87 points to 90.17.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 79 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 4.58% to 27.110.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1220.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $51.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.17 to trade at $60.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.25% to 67.2255, while EUR/RUB rose 0.10% to 75.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.365.