Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 2.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 8.50% or 47.40 points to trade at 605.20 at the close. MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) added 5.04% or 23.20 points to end at 483.20 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 4.79% or 8.71 points to 190.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which lost 0.86% or 21.0 points to trade at 2410.0 in late trade. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 0.79% or 4.5 points to end at 566.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) shed 0.55% or 2.40 points to 430.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 155 to 72 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.32% to 31.540.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.36% or 4.90 to $1354.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.77% or 1.18 to hit $67.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.08 to trade at $72.66 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.70% to 61.0962, while EUR/RUB fell 0.62% to 75.6575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 89.29.