Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 1.36% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 9.27% or 5.48 points to trade at 64.60 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 3.20% or 13.50 points to end at 435.00 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 2.61% or 0.0017 points to 0.0672 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR), which lost 3.72% or 11.50 points to trade at 297.50 in late trade. Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) declined 3.53% or 72.0 points to end at 1968.0 and ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) shed 3.21% or 49.0 points to 1476.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 115 to 74 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.70% to 34.300.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.70 to $1208.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.41% or 0.82 to hit $58.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.83 to trade at $64.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.62% to 49.854, while EUR/RUB rose 0.15% to 55.354.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 95.70.