Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 9.82% or 1.940 points to trade at 21.700 at the close. Meanwhile, SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 3.35% or 2.75 points to end at 84.75 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 2.91% or 0.1100 points to 3.8900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which fell 2.48% or 37.5 points to trade at 1474.5 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 2.35% or 0.900 points to end at 37.450 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was down 1.78% or 84.0 points to 4622.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 135 to 76 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) fell to all time lows; losing 2.48% or 37.5 to 1474.5.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.89% to 28.850.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.64% or 7.70 to $1209.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.89% or 1.31 to hit $70.56 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.67 to trade at $79.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.84% to 68.8419, while EUR/RUB fell 0.71% to 80.0108.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.84.