Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 5.82% or 95.0 points to trade at 1728.0 at the close. Meanwhile, United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 3.35% or 0.940 points to end at 28.985 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was up 2.43% or 85.0 points to 3581.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 3.35% or 17.0 points to trade at 491.0 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 1.95% or 48.80 points to end at 2451.00 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was down 1.87% or 12.90 points to 675.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 95 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.00% to 21.130.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.12% or 1.55 to $1275.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $64.04 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $71.81 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.40% to 63.8499, while EUR/RUB fell 0.32% to 72.0975.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.670.