Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index lost 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which rose 9.17% or 28.40 points to trade at 338.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) added 6.45% or 32.00 points to end at 528.00 and Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) was up 2.62% or 0.05 points to 2.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM), which fell 1.62% or 0.15 points to trade at 9.36 at the close. Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN) declined 0.68% or 0.27 points to end at 38.46 and MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN) was down 0.43% or 0.50 points to 119.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 153 to 90 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 6.69% to 37.67.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.41% or 37.90 to $2,720.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 3.47% or 2.65 to hit $79.02 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.08% or 2.46 to trade at $82.38 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.82% to 102.50, while EUR/RUB fell 0.31% to 105.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 108.96.