Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 4.13% or 73.0 points to trade at 1840.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.56% or 4.02 points to end at 161.10 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 2.02% or 19.40 points to 980.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which fell 4.83% or 7.02 points to trade at 138.29 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 3.31% or 3.30 points to end at 96.25 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) was down 3.15% or 19.5 points to 599.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 111 to 105 and 18 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.85% to 23.800.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1226.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.30% or 0.20 to hit $67.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.57 to trade at $72.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.64% to 62.9963, while EUR/RUB rose 0.63% to 73.4300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.75.