Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 3.39% or 0.741 points to trade at 22.610 at the close. Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) added 2.60% or 6.30 points to end at 249.00 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 1.42% or 0.76 points to 54.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 8.60% or 17.60 points to trade at 187.00 in late trade. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 3.79% or 1.43 points to end at 36.27 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 2.21% or 1.69 points to 74.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 97 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.79% to 43.270.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.31% or 3.50 to $1136.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.41% or 0.64 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.53 to trade at $49.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.09% to 67.270, while EUR/RUB rose 0.92% to 75.562.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 95.82.