Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecom, Power and Oil and Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI rose 0.78%, while the MICEX index climbed 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the RTSI were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which rose 8.66% or 0.0699 points to trade at 0.8770 at the close. Meanwhile, Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) added 3.67% or 360.0 points to end at 10160.0 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was up 3.57% or 80.0 points to 2319.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TMK ao (MCX:TRMK), which fell 3.55% or 1.50 points to trade at 40.80 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 1.32% or 0.585 points to end at 43.815 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was down 1.16% or 12.00 points to 1020.00.
The top performers on the MICEX were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) which rose 8.66% to 0.8770, Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) which was up 3.67% to settle at 10160.0 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) which gained 3.57% to close at 2319.0.
The worst performers were TMK ao (MCX:TRMK) which was down 3.55% to 40.80 in late trade, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) which lost 1.32% to settle at 43.815 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) which was down 1.16% to 1020.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 94 to 49 and 4 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.67% or 8.20 to $1224.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 1.64% or 0.82 to hit $49.20 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 2.15% or 1.24 to trade at $56.26 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.29% to 66.234, while EUR/RUB rose 1.02% to 74.868.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.11.