Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 1.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which rose 2.33% or 29.80 points to trade at 1309.80 at the close. Meanwhile, SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 2.10% or 1.33 points to end at 64.70 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 2.02% or 0.0036 points to 0.1796 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which fell 17.65% or 7.405 points to trade at 34.545 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 7.49% or 17.82 points to end at 220.19 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was down 3.23% or 1.94 points to 58.06.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 112 to 110 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.07% to 19.350.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.90% or 12.65 to $1423.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.83% or 0.48 to hit $57.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.32 to trade at $64.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.34% to 62.8275, while EUR/RUB fell 0.18% to 70.5163.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 96.838.