Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil and Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI rose 3.88% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MICEX index climbed 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the RTSI were TMK ao (MCX:TRMK), which rose 13.57% or 6.00 points to trade at 50.20 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 5.96% or 0.0038 points to end at 0.0681 and Sberbank (MCX:SBER) was up 5.45% or 3.95 points to 76.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which fell 2.54% or 1.055 points to trade at 40.400 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 2.52% or 14.50 points to end at 561.50 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was down 2.07% or 235.0 points to 11140.0.
The top performers on the MICEX were TMK ao (MCX:TRMK) which rose 13.57% to 50.20, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) which was up 5.96% to settle at 0.0681 and Sberbank (MCX:SBER) which gained 5.45% to close at 76.40.
The worst performers were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) which was down 2.54% to 40.400 in late trade, Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) which lost 2.52% to settle at 561.50 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) which was down 2.07% to 11140.0 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 91 to 58 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.82% or 9.90 to $1198.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 2.74% or 1.49 to hit $52.80 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 2.63% or 1.65 to trade at $60.88 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 3.94% to 61.270, while EUR/RUB fell 2.41% to 69.606.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 94.52.