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 Index fell 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which rose 1.83% or 4.60 points to trade at 256.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 1.82% or 1.01 points to end at 56.51 and Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) was up 1.81% or 267.00 points to 15,044.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES), which unchanged 0.90% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) declined 0.59% or 0.01 points to end at 1.68 and FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:HYDR) was 0.45% or 0.00 points to 0.47.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 123 to 114 and 12 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 15.84% to 39.85.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.26% or 34.36 to $2,752.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.51% or 1.72 to hit $70.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.93% or 1.39 to trade at $73.58 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 2.39% to 105.50, while EUR/RUB rose 2.06% to 110.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 106.36.