Russia's equity benchmark ended Wednesday's trading session with a small gain as advances in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors helped push the MOEX Russia Index higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index was up 0.13%.
Top and bottom movers
The strongest performers on the MOEX Russia Index were:
- VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO) - rose 1.91% (4.60 points) to finish at 245.90.
- Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) - added 1.64% (23.00 points) to close at 1,414.00.
- TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX:TATN) - advanced 1.29% (7.70 points) to end at 606.90.
The session's biggest decliners included:
- OZON (MCX:OZON) - down 1.26% (54.50 points) to 4,283.00 at the close.
- Federal Hydro Generating Company RusHydro PJSC (MCX:HYDR) - slipped 1.25% (0.01 points) to end at 0.40.
- ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES) - fell 1.17% (0.00 points) to 0.07.
Market breadth and volatility
Decliners outnumbered advancers on the Moscow Stock Exchange, with 140 stocks falling compared with 101 rising. Nine issues finished unchanged. The Russian Volatility Index - RVI, which measures implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, moved down 0.04% to 25.11.
Commodities and energy benchmarks
Commodity prices were mixed during the session. Gold futures for June delivery increased 0.22% (10.40) to $4,697.10 a troy ounce. In crude markets, the June contract fell 1.15% (1.18) to $101.00 a barrel, while the July Brent contract inched up 0.04% (0.04) to trade at $105.68 a barrel.
Foreign exchange and broader indexes
The ruble crosses were unchanged: USD/RUB held steady at 73.61 (0.00%) and EUR/RUB remained at 86.22 (0.00%). Elsewhere, the U.S. Dollar Index futures were higher, registering a 0.22% gain to 98.40.
This close-of-day summary captures price changes, breadth measures and selected commodity and FX moves reported at the Moscow market close. It reflects the session's discrete performance across stocks, volatility and related markets without attribution of causes beyond the recorded price and volume outcomes.