Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 6.06% or 5.90 points to trade at 103.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 4.98% or 4.46 points to end at 94.01 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 4.71% or 29.20 points to 649.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which fell 3.85% or 30.50 points to trade at 762.50 at the close. NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) declined 3.71% or 16.45 points to end at 427.15 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was down 2.71% or 0.0150 points to 0.5380.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 116 to 106 and 14 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.16% to 28.690.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 3.80 to $1203.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.94% or 1.08 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.02% or 1.32 to trade at $66.79 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.42% to 67.1465, while EUR/RUB fell 1.15% to 75.9750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 96.83.