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Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Federal Hydro Generating Company RusHydro PJSC (MCX:HYDR), which rose 5.25% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN) added 2.31% or 0.71 points to end at 31.46 and PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) was up 1.88% or 10.20 points to 552.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which fell 4.75% or 12.90 points to trade at 258.50 at the close. Rostelekom PJSC (MCX:RTKM) declined 1.10% or 0.61 points to end at 54.84 and ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR) was down 0.78% or 29.00 points to 3,671.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 139 to 96 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 18.51% to 31.22 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.98% or 32.70 to $3,376.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 5.08% or 3.30 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.40 to trade at $70.36 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 79.91, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 91.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 98.62.