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 Index lost 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which rose 1.83% or 4.60 points to trade at 256.20 at the close. Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 1.82% or 1.01 points to end at 56.51 and Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) was up 1.81% or 267.00 points to 15,044.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES), which unchanged 0.90% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 in late trade. Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) declined 0.59% or 0.01 points to end at 1.68 and FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:HYDR) 0.45% or 0.00 points to 0.47.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 123 to 114 and 12 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 15.84% to 39.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.25% or 34.11 to $2,752.51 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.51% or 1.72 to hit $70.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 1.38 to trade at $73.57 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 2.39% to 105.50, while EUR/RUB rose 2.06% to 110.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 106.36.