MOSCOW: Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher. At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.89%. The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which rose 4.32% or 458.0 points to trade at 11050.0 at the close. Meanwhile, ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 4.06% or 3.050 points to end at 78.250 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was up 2.90% or 0.2500 points to 8.8600 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which fell 8.39% or 15.10 points to trade at 164.90 at the close. Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN) declined 4.95% or 38.0 points to end at 729.0 and Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTADR) was down 1.89% or 7 points to 362. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 115 to 113 and 12 ended unchanged. Shares in NMTP (MCX:NMTP) rose to all time highs; rising 2.90% or 0.2500 to 8.8600.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.01% to 14.770. Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 7.37 to $1277.87 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $54.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.17 to trade at $60.77 a barrel. USD/RUB was down 0.25% to 58.1841, while EUR/RUB fell 0.45% to 67.6310. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 94.64.
