Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining 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 NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 2.58% or 12.0 points to trade at 477.0 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 1.17% or 0.435 points to end at 37.635 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 1.13% or 6.20 points to 553.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 4.61% or 193.0 points to trade at 3992.0 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 3.53% or 57.5 points to end at 1573.0 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) shed 3.36% or 5.96 points to 171.56.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 93 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.33% to 27.150.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.55% or 6.60 to $1198.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.62% or 0.45 to hit $71.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.18 to trade at $81.08 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.08% to 65.9322, while EUR/RUB fell 0.15% to 77.4425.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.85.