Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN), which rose 2.38% or 9.50 points to trade at 408.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 2.20% or 12.10 points to end at 562.30 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 1.54% or 87.5 points to 5770.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which fell 2.75% or 151.0 points to trade at 5342.0 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 1.81% or 9.8 points to end at 530.8 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 1.51% or 3.95 points to 258.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 108 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) rose to all time highs; up 1.54% or 87.5 to 5770.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.07% to 22.850.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.43% or 5.65 to $1300.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.06% or 0.63 to hit $59.92 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.56 to trade at $68.17 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 64.3693, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 73.0644.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.898.