Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 8.49% or 12.61 points to trade at 161.13 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) added 3.39% or 23 points to end at 702 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was up 3.28% or 77.0 points to 2424.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 6.96% or 52.00 points to trade at 695.00 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 4.87% or 8950 points to end at 174800 and Megion (MCX:MFGS) shed 4.76% or 30.0 points to 600.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 104 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.39% to 22.950.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.41% or 5.10 to $1250.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.03% or 0.98 to hit $49.35 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 0.95 to trade at $52.37 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.76% to 56.6025, while EUR/RUB fell 1.22% to 60.922.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 99.92.