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 added 2.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which rose 4.18% or 1.530 points to trade at 38.135 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.99% or 73.50 points to end at 1916.50 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 3.91% or 29.50 points to 784.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MVideo (MCX:MVID), which lost 4.89% or 20.50 points to trade at 398.50 in late trade. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) declined 3.25% or 0.0910 points to end at 2.7080 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) shed 2.14% or 13.2 points to 603.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 66 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.26% to 27.370.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 6.00 to $1216.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $66.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $76.05 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.36% to 65.7885, while EUR/RUB rose 0.10% to 74.4628.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.88.