Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 1.01% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 2.66% or 21.5 points to trade at 830.0 at the close. MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) added 1.65% or 10.50 points to end at 645.60 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was up 1.36% or 0.0900 points to 6.7250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 5.86% or 0.0686 points to trade at 1.1014 in late trade. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 5.04% or 0.0126 points to end at 0.2364 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 3.63% or 346.0 points to 9194.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 152 to 73 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.65% to 24.390.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.44% or 5.45 to $1233.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.56% or 0.85 to hit $53.48 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.64% or 0.93 to trade at $55.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.94% to 57.9550, while EUR/RUB rose 1.02% to 61.160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.42.