Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 4.97% or 215.0 points to trade at 4545.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) added 1.26% or 49.0 points to end at 3927.0 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was up 1.24% or 28.0 points to 2294.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 4.19% or 99.00 points to trade at 2265.00 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 3.15% or 150.0 points to end at 4605.0 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was down 3.12% or 4.57 points to 142.06.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 137 to 79 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) rose to all time highs; rising 1.26% or 49.0 to 3927.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.81% to 21.180.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.16% or 15.60 to $1326.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.78% or 1.16 to hit $64.09 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 1.04 to trade at $68.42 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.52% to 57.8145, while EUR/RUB rose 0.04% to 71.3500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.45.