Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 2.49% or 15.50 points to trade at 639.00 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 2.46% or 8.60 points to end at 358.60 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was up 1.89% or 43.0 points to 2314.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 3.91% or 3.45 points to trade at 84.85 in late trade. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 3.35% or 21.4 points to end at 617.6 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) shed 2.74% or 59.00 points to 2091.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 77 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.23% to 31.220 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.34% or 16.10 to $1184.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.39% or 2.27 to hit $64.77 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.44% or 1.77 to trade at $70.69 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.76% to 67.5049, while EUR/RUB rose 1.67% to 76.5307.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.62.