Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.31% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 3.98% or 4.34 points to trade at 113.40 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 3.07% or 0.2450 points to end at 8.2250 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) was up 2.45% or 3.43 points to 143.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which fell 3.18% or 145.0 points to trade at 4411.0 at the close. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) declined 1.95% or 1.50 points to end at 75.50 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was down 1.88% or 3.78 points to 197.52.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 122 to 105 and 16 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.60% to 16.520.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 4.30 to $1318.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.35 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.11 to trade at $68.93 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.09% to 57.0445, while EUR/RUB rose 0.29% to 68.2175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.02.