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 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the were Bank VTB PAO (MCX:), which unchanged 5.76% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:) added 2.79% or 1.74 points to end at 64.19 and TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX:) was up 2.21% or 64.00 points to 2,959.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:), which fell 2.70% or 25.40 points to trade at 915.00 at the close. Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:) declined 1.68% or 3.04 points to end at 177.94 and ALROSA ao (MCX:) was down 1.59% or 1.15 points to 71.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 171 to 76 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.79% or 1.74 to 64.19.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.09% to 23.23.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.91% or 21.10 to $2,309.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $80.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $84.49 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 88.24, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 94.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 105.73.
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