Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which rose 3.26% or 450.0 points to trade at 14250.0 at the close. Meanwhile, X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 3.13% or 55.5 points to end at 1828.5 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was up 2.78% or 30.40 points to 1125.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which fell 1.45% or 6.00 points to trade at 407.00 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 1.25% or 0.0021 points to end at 0.1637 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) was down 1.15% or 1.02 points to 87.66.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 122 to 101 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.26% or 450.0 to 14250.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.40% to 24.600 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.20% or 2.65 to $1347.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.58% or 0.89 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.67 to trade at $67.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.39% to 65.5088, while EUR/RUB fell 0.21% to 74.4200.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.210.