Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.89% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 3.83% or 172.0 points to trade at 4659.0 at the close. Meanwhile, ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 3.43% or 2.630 points to end at 79.350 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 3.22% or 17.05 points to 546.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG), which fell 2.86% or 24.5 points to trade at 833.5 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 2.18% or 3.35 points to end at 150.65 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) was down 2.12% or 16.5 points to 761.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 120 to 102 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.22% or 17.05 to 546.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.61% to 17.930.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.22% or 2.90 to $1334.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.30% or 0.19 to hit $63.92 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.16 to trade at $69.31 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.29% to 56.6964, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 69.3438.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.36.