Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.01% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which rose 5.90% or 9700 points to trade at 174200 at the close. Meanwhile, Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) added 4.15% or 13.65 points to end at 342.50 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) was up 2.64% or 20.0 points to 777.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which fell 2.88% or 2.49 points to trade at 84.04 at the close. RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) declined 2.15% or 0.0133 points to end at 0.6065 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was down 2.00% or 188.0 points to 9200.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 132 to 75 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.64% or 20.0 to 777.5.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.37% to 32.920.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.29% or 16.05 to $1263.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.63% or 0.82 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 0.97 to trade at $52.41 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.49% to 63.6525, while EUR/RUB fell 1.19% to 72.560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 93.49.