Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.69% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 9.46% or 0.0037 points to trade at 0.0429 at the close. Meanwhile, SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 4.55% or 2.75 points to end at 63.21 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 2.70% or 7.20 points to 273.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which fell 1.10% or 25.0 points to trade at 2242.0 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 0.80% or 6.00 points to end at 740.00 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was down 0.66% or 0.0180 points to 2.7100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 136 to 87 and 22 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.05% to 19.720.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1556.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 4.45% or 2.40 to hit $56.34 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 4.29% or 2.50 to trade at $60.76 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.97% to 66.1244, while EUR/RUB fell 0.46% to 72.9116.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 98.438.