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 fell 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 2.58% or 12.0 points to trade at 477.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 1.17% or 0.435 points to end at 37.635 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 1.13% or 6.20 points to 553.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 4.61% or 193.0 points to trade at 3992.0 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 3.53% or 57.5 points to end at 1573.0 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was down 3.36% or 5.96 points to 171.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 118 to 93 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Magnit (MCX:MGNT) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.61% or 193.0 to 3992.0. Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.13% or 6.20 to 553.20.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.33% to 27.150.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.55% or 6.60 to $1198.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.62% or 0.45 to hit $71.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.20 to trade at $81.06 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.08% to 65.9318, while EUR/RUB fell 0.15% to 77.4425.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.85.