– Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power , Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were ROSSETI PJSC (MCX: FEES ), which unchanged 2.92% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.08 at the close. Meanwhile, ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX: OZONDR ) added 1.95% or 62.50 points to end at 3,268.50 and Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX: MAGN ) was up 1.22% or 0.46 points to 37.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK SHb PJSC (MCX: PIKK ), which fell 4.27% or 22.50 points to trade at 504.90 at the close. NOVATEK PJSC (MCX: NVTK ) declined 2.69% or 25.00 points to end at 902.80 and PhosAgro PJSC (MCX: PHOR ) was down 2.37% or 129.00 points to 5,317.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 126 to 119 and 11 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 5.39% to 34.05.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.94% or 24.55 to $2,581.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $68.00 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $71.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.25% to 98.50, while EUR/RUB fell 0.30% to 104.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 106.39.