Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 3.83% or 22.6 points to trade at 612.4 at the close. Meanwhile, SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 3.71% or 3.30 points to end at 92.15 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) was up 2.00% or 1.75 points to 89.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which fell 2.66% or 0.640 points to trade at 23.430 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) declined 2.60% or 0.0011 points to end at 0.0430 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was down 2.51% or 1.85 points to 71.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 101 to 100 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in VTB (MCX:VTBR) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.60% or 0.0011 to 0.0430.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.93% to 28.960.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1202.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.11% or 2.05 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.73% or 1.98 to trade at $74.61 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.54% to 68.3060, while EUR/RUB rose 1.72% to 79.1861.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 95.03.