Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 1.79% or 21.00 points to trade at 1194.00 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 0.95% or 0.0007 points to end at 0.0709 and Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) was up 0.93% or 3.10 points to 334.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 3.87% or 355.0 points to trade at 8825.0 in late trade. Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) declined 3.18% or 1.700 points to end at 51.700 and Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) shed 2.39% or 300.0 points to 12240.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 87 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.80% to 33.310.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.59% or 7.30 to $1250.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.18% or 0.52 to hit $44.56 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.64 to trade at $46.22 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.63% to 65.5905, while EUR/RUB rose 0.36% to 74.243.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.39.