Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 2.78% or 12.0 points to trade at 444.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 1.33% or 0.0950 points to end at 7.2600 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was up 1.25% or 0.0004 points to 0.0358 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which fell 1.48% or 5.50 points to trade at 365.50 at the close. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) declined 1.32% or 7.70 points to end at 574.10 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was down 1.27% or 0.0340 points to 2.6390.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 132 to 93 and 18 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.97% to 20.350.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.37% or 4.65 to $1277.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.63% or 0.42 to hit $65.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $74.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.16% to 64.4266, while EUR/RUB rose 0.51% to 71.8650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 97.705.