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 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 7.61% or 15.70 points to trade at 222.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 4.56% or 11.73 points to end at 268.88 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 4.44% or 1.965 points to 46.195 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which fell 2.24% or 105.0 points to trade at 4575.0 at the close. PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) declined 1.71% or 40.0 points to end at 2300.0 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) was down 0.66% or 0.94 points to 141.51.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 92 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.39% to 20.270 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.93% or 12.20 to $1324.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.27% or 1.44 to hit $64.98 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.46% or 1.66 to trade at $69.08 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.34% to 57.3145, while EUR/RUB fell 0.18% to 70.2820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 89.77.