Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 2.30%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 8.50% or 47.40 points to trade at 605.20 at the close. Meanwhile, MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) added 5.04% or 23.20 points to end at 483.20 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 4.79% or 8.71 points to 190.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which fell 0.86% or 21.0 points to trade at 2410.0 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 0.79% or 4.5 points to end at 566.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was down 0.55% or 2.40 points to 430.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 155 to 72 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.32% to 31.540.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.36% or 4.90 to $1354.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.77% or 1.18 to hit $67.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.08 to trade at $72.66 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.70% to 61.0962, while EUR/RUB fell 0.62% to 75.6575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 89.29.