Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Unipro (MCX:UPRO), which rose 3.40% or 0.0850 points to trade at 2.5850 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 2.69% or 0.1290 points to end at 4.9215 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 2.00% or 1.770 points to 90.080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which fell 2.63% or 34.40 points to trade at 1275.40 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 1.52% or 86.0 points to end at 5560.0 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was down 1.36% or 2.38 points to 173.16.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 112 to 111 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.69% or 0.1290 to 4.9215.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.04% to 22.320.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1350.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.43% or 0.23 to hit $53.88 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.15 to trade at $61.99 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.36% to 63.7967, while EUR/RUB fell 0.17% to 71.5575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 96.915.