Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 2.40% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which rose 0.98% or 13.60 points to trade at 1,400.20 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) unchanged 0.06% or 0.00 points to end at 6.80 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4,071.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR), which lost 6.82% or 257.50 points to trade at 3,520.50 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 6.09% or 92.00 points to end at 1,411.00 and Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM) shed 6.07% or 5.18 points to 80.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 235 to 16 and 1 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 15.41% to 33.11 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 10.00 to $2,377.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 1.00 to hit $82.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $85.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 88.35, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 95.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 104.69.