Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 12.99% or 77.50 points to trade at 674.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 6.08% or 45.0 points to end at 785.0 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 4.93% or 5.25 points to 111.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which fell 2.21% or 96.0 points to trade at 4241.0 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 1.73% or 1.68 points to end at 95.65 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was down 1.46% or 0.0100 points to 0.6764.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 111 to 83 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) rose to 52-week highs; up 12.99% or 77.50 to 674.00. Shares in Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.73% or 1.68 to 95.65.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.99% to 25.590.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.00 to $1211.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.01% or 0.69 to hit $69.22 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.74 to trade at $77.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.41% to 68.1508, while EUR/RUB rose 0.49% to 79.7325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.56.