Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 4.97% or 17.50 points to trade at 369.85 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 4.76% or 59.00 points to end at 1298.00 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 3.99% or 33.00 points to 860.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which lost 0.66% or 0.150 points to trade at 22.750 in late trade. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 0.56% or 1.60 points to end at 283.00 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) shed 0.50% or 0.80 points to 160.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 134 to 83 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.59% to 23.480.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.74% or 9.25 to $1249.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.20 to hit $51.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.28 to trade at $54.45 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.29% to 56.2425, while EUR/RUB rose 0.10% to 59.906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.57.