Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.09% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which rose 1.51% or 0.575 points to trade at 38.570 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 1.38% or 65.0 points to end at 4780.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 1.24% or 6.80 points to 555.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which fell 2.91% or 48.5 points to trade at 1619.0 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 1.79% or 0.0740 points to end at 4.0495 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was down 1.71% or 2.76 points to 158.38.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 111 to 92 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.45% to 28.820.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.34% or 4.30 to $1242.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $53.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $62.05 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.19% to 66.7119, while EUR/RUB fell 0.13% to 75.6925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.965.