Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 1.17% or 7.10 points to trade at 613.00 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) unchanged 0.93% or 0.00 points to end at 0.10 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was up 0.74% or 9.20 points to 1,247.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which fell 3.86% or 31.30 points to trade at 779.80 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 2.57% or 1.33 points to end at 50.39 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) was down 2.55% or 0.90 points to 34.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 168 to 81 and 4 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.17% to 29.82.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 21.80 to $2,486.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.49% or 1.17 to hit $77.18 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $79.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 89.79, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 98.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 102.43.