Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 5.06% or 22.0 points to trade at 457.2 at the close. Meanwhile, X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 4.99% or 68.5 points to end at 1442.0 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 2.78% or 29.00 points to 1073.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which fell 3.22% or 37.20 points to trade at 1117.40 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) declined 1.65% or 2.78 points to end at 165.91 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was down 1.25% or 1.30 points to 102.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 104 to 99 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.08% to 26.540.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1229.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.54% or 1.83 to hit $70.09 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 1.36 to trade at $80.05 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.09% to 65.3675, while EUR/RUB fell 0.29% to 75.3975.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 95.08.