Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 4.09% or 24.00 points to trade at 611.00 at the close. Meanwhile, MTS (MCX:MTSS) added 3.68% or 8.25 points to end at 232.25 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 2.06% or 10.8 points to 535.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lukoil (MCX:LKOH), which fell 3.13% or 165.0 points to trade at 5102.0 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 2.80% or 21.30 points to end at 738.70 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was down 2.14% or 0.0163 points to 0.7465.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 137 to 70 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.45% to 27.330.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.32% or 3.95 to $1251.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.65% or 0.85 to hit $52.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 0.96 to trade at $61.16 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 66.3673, while EUR/RUB rose 0.31% to 75.3770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 97.012.