Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 3.83% or 18.10 points to trade at 490.10 at the close. Meanwhile, NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) added 3.34% or 17.2 points to end at 532.2 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) was up 2.50% or 9.8 points to 401.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which fell 1.30% or 0.70 points to trade at 53.00 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 1.29% or 0.0019 points to end at 0.1486 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was down 1.27% or 11.80 points to 915.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 90 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.30% or 0.70 to 53.00. Shares in FSK EES (MCX:FEES) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.29% or 0.0019 to 0.1486.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.17% to 26.070.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.75% or 9.60 to $1281.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 6.14% or 2.61 to hit $45.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 4.79% or 2.43 to trade at $53.20 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.37% to 68.9162, while EUR/RUB rose 0.40% to 78.5718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.113.