Russian Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Russia's stock market closed higher on Wednesday, with gains in the Power, Mining, and Oil & Gas sectors driving shares up.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 1.15%.

Best Performers

• VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO): +3.95% (9.40 points) to 247.20.
• Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:AFLT): +3.42% (1.63 points) to 49.30.
• Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM): +3.04% (0.25 points) to 8.31.

Worst Performers

• OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL): -0.16% (0.05 points) to 28.81.
• GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR): unchanged at 1,083.80.
• T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:TCSG): unchanged at 2,384.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 210 to 32, with 9 remaining unchanged.

Shares in OK Rusal MKPAO fell to 3-year lows, while GDR ROS AGRO PLC remained around 52-week lows.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, decreased 2.05% to 46.40.

Commodities Trading

• Gold Futures (February): -2.08% (55.49) to $2,606.51 an ounce.
• Crude Oil (January): -0.90% (0.63) to $69.45 a barrel.
• Brent Oil (February): -0.46% (0.34) to $72.85 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

• USD/RUB: +0.08% to 104.68.
• EUR/RUB: -1.12% to 108.49.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.13% at 107.86.