Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 3.24% or 4.40 points to trade at 140.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 3.15% or 21.70 points to end at 710.00 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 3.07% or 9.50 points to 319.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which fell 6.77% or 0.900 points to trade at 12.400 at the close. Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN) declined 3.25% or 25.5 points to end at 759.0 and MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) was down 2.48% or 0.0665 points to 2.6150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 120 to 102 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.60% to 16.460.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 3.50 to $1291.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.70% or 0.42 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.55 to trade at $65.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.38% to 57.8419, while EUR/RUB rose 0.66% to 68.8263.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.