Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MICEX up 0.94%

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 gained 0.94%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:), which rose 5.41% or 121.5 points to trade at 2367.5 at the close. Meanwhile, ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:) added 3.07% or 58.0 points to end at 1947.0 and Sberbank (MCX:) was up 2.79% or 2.69 points to 99.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:), which fell 3.11% or 19.0 points to trade at 592.0 at the close. ALROSA ao (MCX:) declined 2.75% or 1.950 points to end at 69.000 and Severstal – ao (MCX:) was down 2.70% or 17.90 points to 644.10.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 121 to 86 and 19 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.41% or 121.5 to 2367.5. Shares in ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:) rose to all time highs; up 3.07% or 58.0 to 1947.0.

The , which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.30% to 42.620.

Gold for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1207.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 6.58% or 1.91 to hit $30.95 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 7.55% or 2.43 to trade at $34.61 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 3.58% to 75.0979, while EUR/RUB fell 3.46% to 83.792.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.81.

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