Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YDEX), which rose 5.57% or 203.00 points to trade at 3,847.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR) added 4.22% or 24.45 points to end at 603.85 and Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM) was up 3.98% or 3.13 points to 81.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which fell 1.63% or 0.85 points to trade at 51.20 at the close. VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO) declined 0.75% or 3.40 points to end at 452.40 and Polyus PAO (MCX:PLZL) was down 0.39% or 48.50 points to 12,330.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 185 to 57 and 12 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.57% to 29.51.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 8.10 to $2,423.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.10% or 2.27 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $78.51 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.02% to 85.79, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 93.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 102.97.