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 rose 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the were Yandex NV (MCX:), which rose 5.57% or 203.00 points to trade at 3,847.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:) added 4.22% or 24.45 points to end at 603.85 and Rostelekom PAO (MCX:) was up 3.98% or 3.13 points to 81.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:), which fell 1.63% or 0.85 points to trade at 51.20 at the close. VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:) declined 0.75% or 3.40 points to end at 452.40 and Polyus PAO (MCX:) was down 0.39% or 48.50 points to 12,330.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 185 to 57 and 12 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.57% to 29.51.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 8.10 to $2,423.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.10% or 2.27 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $78.51 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.02% to 85.79, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 93.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 102.97.
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