Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 8.66% or 1.255 points to trade at 15.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 3.79% or 0.0950 points to end at 2.6000 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 3.75% or 105.5 points to 2917.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA), which fell 3.79% or 5.95 points to trade at 151.00 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 3.36% or 10.00 points to end at 287.90 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 1.70% or 0.610 points to 35.190.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 122 to 83 and 18 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.71% to 24.240.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.46% or 5.65 to $1221.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.51% or 1.61 to hit $47.49 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.22% or 1.57 to trade at $50.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.87% to 57.4404, while EUR/RUB fell 1.63% to 62.498.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 99.44.