Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the gained 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the were AFK Sistema (MCX:), which rose 4.35% or 0.98 points to trade at 23.60 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:) added 2.73% or 38.00 points to end at 1,411.00 and Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:) was up 2.10% or 0.61 points to 29.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:), which fell 1.75% or 105.50 points to trade at 5,934.00 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:) declined 1.25% or 17.60 points to end at 1,388.20 and Severstal – ao (MCX:) was down 1.16% or 17.00 points to 1,448.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 142 to 102 and 7 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.39% to 24.83.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.40% or 9.70 to $2,397.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.70% or 0.54 to hit $77.50 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $81.50 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 86.24, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 93.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 104.08.
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