Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil and Gas, Telecom and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI fell 2.98%, while the MICEX index declined 2.67%.
The best performers of the session on the RTSI were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 6.75% or 5.66 points to trade at 89.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 3.23% or 0.0299 points to end at 0.9558 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 2.73% or 0.0021 points to 0.0778 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which fell 5.62% or 4.21 points to trade at 70.67 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 4.72% or 550.0 points to end at 11100.0 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 4.36% or 14.55 points to 319.00.
The top performers on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) which rose 6.75% to 89.45, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) which was up 3.23% to settle at 0.9558 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) which gained 2.73% to close at 0.0778.
The worst performers were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) which was down 5.62% to 70.67 in late trade, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) which lost 4.72% to settle at 11100.0 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) which was down 4.36% to 319.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 93 to 63 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.75% or 5.66 to 89.45. Shares in Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) rose to 3-year highs; up 3.23% or 0.0299 to 0.9558. Shares in FSK EES (MCX:FEES) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.73% or 0.0021 to 0.0778. Shares in SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.75% or 5.66 to 89.45. Shares in Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 3.23% or 0.0299 to 0.9558. Shares in FSK EES (MCX:FEES) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.73% or 0.0021 to 0.0778.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.22% or 2.70 to $1201.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 1.19% or 0.60 to hit $49.92 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 2.14% or 1.30 to trade at $59.72 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.27% to 62.065, while EUR/RUB fell 0.64% to 68.728.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 96.03.