Russia shares higher at close of trade; MICEX up 1.29%

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Russia shares higher at close of trade; MICEX up 1.29%
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Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power , Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.29%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were AFK Sistema (MCX: AFKS ), which rose 8.66% or 1.255 points to trade at 15.750 at the close. Unipro (MCX: UPRO ) added 3.79% or 0.0950 points to end at 2.6000 and Lukoil (MCX: LKOH ) was up 3.75% or 105.5 points to 2917.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Uralkaliy (MCX: URKA ), which lost 3.79% or 5.95 points to trade at 151.00 in late trade. PIK (MCX: PIKK ) declined 3.36% or 10.00 points to end at 287.90 and MMK (MCX: MAGN ) shed 1.70% or 0.610 points to 35.190.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 83 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.79% to 24.260.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.45% or 5.44 to $1221.54 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.51% or 1.61 to hit $47.49 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.20% or 1.56 to trade at $50.29 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.87% to 57.4391, while EUR/RUB fell 1.63% to 62.498.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 99.44.

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