Stocks listed in Moscow ended Wednesday's session higher, with gains concentrated in industrial and resource-related sectors. The MOEX Russia Index closed up 0.66%.
The session's top performers included OZON (MCX:OZON), which climbed 3.11% - an increase of 130.00 points - to finish at 4,309.00. Severstal PJSC (MCX:CHMF) added 2.95%, or 23.80 points, closing at 831.40. Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:AFLT) rose 2.83%, gaining 1.36 points to reach 49.45 by the close.
On the downside, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM) was the weakest name of the day, falling 3.18% or 0.24 points to finish at 7.29. TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX:TATN) declined 0.81%, down 4.90 points to 599.00, while Rosneft PJSC (MCX:ROSN) slipped 0.18%, a drop of 0.80 points to 449.45.
Market breadth on the Moscow Stock Exchange favored advancers: 179 stocks rose, 63 fell and 8 were unchanged.
Volatility, as gauged by the Russian Volatility Index - RVI, moved lower during the session, down 3.76% to 21.53, indicating a modest reduction in implied volatility for MOEX Russia Index options.
Commodities posted mixed moves. Gold futures for June delivery weakened 0.75% - a decline of $36.40 - to $4,813.70 a troy ounce. In crude markets, the May delivery contract rose 0.12% or $0.11 to $91.39 a barrel, while the June Brent contract was unchanged at $94.90 a barrel.
FX and benchmark measures were largely steady. The USD/RUB exchange rate was unchanged at 76.01 and EUR/RUB held unchanged at 89.67. The US Dollar Index Futures was marginally lower, down 0.03% to 97.88.
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