Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.60% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 4.88% or 386.0 points to trade at 8299.0 at the close. DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) added 3.67% or 11.30 points to end at 319.30 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 1.93% or 11.0 points to 579.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY), which lost 3.65% or 3.70 points to trade at 97.65 in late trade. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 2.70% or 3.70 points to end at 133.45 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) shed 2.59% or 276.0 points to 10390.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 138 to 81 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.82% to 15.230 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.07 to $1280.37 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.30 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.13 to trade at $58.20 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.18% to 57.7442, while EUR/RUB rose 0.57% to 68.1754.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.53.