Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 5.07% or 0.910 points to trade at 18.875 at the close. Meanwhile, MVideo (MCX:MVID) added 4.64% or 11.90 points to end at 268.50 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 3.56% or 0.0380 points to 1.1060 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which fell 2.37% or 2.22 points to trade at 91.40 at the close. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) declined 2.02% or 1.25 points to end at 60.55 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was down 1.78% or 3.20 points to 177.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 136 to 82 and 6 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.90% to 37.280.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.78% or 8.30 to $1059.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.62% or 1.37 to hit $36.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.19% or 1.21 to trade at $36.59 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.42% to 73.225, while EUR/RUB rose 1.80% to 80.070.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 98.42.