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 MOEX Russia declined 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 4.97% or 215.0 points to trade at 4545.0 at the close. Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) added 1.26% or 49.0 points to end at 3927.0 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was up 1.24% or 28.0 points to 2294.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 4.19% or 99.00 points to trade at 2265.00 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 3.15% or 150.0 points to end at 4605.0 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) shed 3.12% or 4.57 points to 142.06.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 137 to 79 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 4.00% to 21.140.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.16% or 15.60 to $1326.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.75% or 1.14 to hit $64.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.48% or 1.03 to trade at $68.43 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.52% to 57.8147, while EUR/RUB rose 0.04% to 71.3552.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.45.