Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Power and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which rose 3.24% or 2.75 points to trade at 87.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 3.15% or 3.41 points to end at 111.50 and Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTADR) was up 3.14% or 16 points to 526 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Akron (MCX:AKRN), which fell 2.81% or 100.0 points to trade at 3455.0 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 2.79% or 0.640 points to end at 22.260 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 1.82% or 5.90 points to 318.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 128 to 96 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) rose to all time highs; up 3.15% or 3.41 to 111.50.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.22% to 25.760.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.89% or 11.75 to $1329.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.36% or 1.04 to hit $45.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 0.84 to trade at $46.72 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.84% to 64.2350, while EUR/RUB fell 0.82% to 71.671.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 95.78.