Russia Stocks Rise

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Power, and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 3.15%.

Top Performers

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were:
– Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR): rose 13.34% or 54.95 points to trade at 466.80.
– Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p): added 7.52% or 3.36 points to end at 47.97.
– AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS): increased 7.10% or 1.05 points to 15.80 in late trade.

Bottom Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR): unchanged at 2,798.00.
– HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR): unchanged at 3,908.00.
– Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN): up 1.02% or 0.43 points to 42.01.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 231 to 13, with 9 remaining unchanged.

The Russian VIX, measuring the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 8.43% to 39.31, a new 52-week high.

Commodity Prices

• Gold Futures for December delivery: up 0.14% or 3.45 to $2,526.45 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for delivery in October: fell 1.55% or 1.09 to $69.25 a barrel.
• November Brent oil contract: rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $72.75 a barrel.

Currency Updates

• USD/RUB: down 0.02% to 87.48.
• EUR/RUB: unchanged at 96.98.
• US Dollar Index Futures: down 0.53% at 101.23.