Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 4.74% or 175.0 points to trade at 3865.0 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 3.38% or 5400 points to end at 164950 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was up 3.13% or 67.5 points to 2221.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which fell 5.88% or 0.2835 points to trade at 4.5400 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 2.32% or 3.96 points to end at 167.00 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was down 1.36% or 33.00 points to 2391.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 138 to 94 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) rose to all time highs; rising 3.13% or 67.5 to 2221.5.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.89% to 21.230.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.15% or 2.15 to $1416.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.68% or 1.55 to hit $59.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.16% or 1.39 to trade at $65.67 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.15% to 62.9568, while EUR/RUB rose 0.31% to 71.6656.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.623.