Russia is near the top of the trade; The MOEX Russia Index rose 1.50% on Investing.com.

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

Late in Moscow, it rose 1.50% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session were Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX): up 6.74% or 71.00 points to end at 1,125.00. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX: ) added 5.63% or 10.47 points to end at 196.56 and Gazprom PJSC (MCX: ) added 5.28% or 6.42 points to 128.12 in late trade.

They were the worst of the season PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:), which declined 0.36% or 23.00 points to trade at 6,368.00. GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS ( MCX: ) was up 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 1,083.80 and T Tekhnologii MKPAO ( MCX: ) was up 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,384.80.

Moscow’s stock market ended 63 unchanged, outpacing decliners by 184 to 63.

Shares of GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: ) were unchanged at 52-week lows. Unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.

The MOEX Russia Index, which measures the implied volatility of options, rose 2.60% to 39.06.

Futures for February delivery were unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 at $2,633.50 a troy ounce. In other commodities trading, crude oil for February delivery fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $70.10 a barrel, while the March Brent crude futures contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to trade at $73.22 a barrel.

USD/RUB fell 0.10% to 99.89, EUR/RUB dropped 0.40% to 103.55.

US dollar index futures were up 0.18% at 108.00.