Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 6.20% or 89.5 points to trade at 1532.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) added 4.72% or 225.0 points to end at 4995.0 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 3.87% or 7.01 points to 188.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 4.41% or 31.2 points to trade at 676.6 at the close. NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) declined 4.15% or 45.00 points to end at 1039.00 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was down 3.00% or 0.0166 points to 0.5371.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 120 to 81 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.00% or 0.0166 to 0.5371.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.68% to 28.010.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.90 to $1231.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.64% or 1.09 to hit $67.52 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.89 to trade at $77.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.27% to 65.3339, while EUR/RUB fell 0.98% to 74.4100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 96.13.