Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 2.40% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which rose 0.98% or 13.60 points to trade at 1,400.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) unchanged 0.06% or 0.00 points to end at 6.80 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4,071.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR), which fell 6.82% or 257.50 points to trade at 3,520.50 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 6.09% or 92.00 points to end at 1,411.00 and Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM) was down 6.07% or 5.18 points to 80.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 235 to 16 and 1 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 15.41% to 33.11 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 10.00 to $2,377.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 1.00 to hit $82.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $85.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 88.35, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 95.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 104.69.