Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 3.50% or 0.900 points to trade at 26.600 at the close. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) added 3.05% or 275.0 points to end at 9300.0 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 2.92% or 2.020 points to 71.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 4.75% or 70.00 points to trade at 1403.00 in late trade. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) declined 4.26% or 40 points to end at 899 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) shed 3.16% or 10.30 points to 316.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 101 and 29 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.50% to 32.730.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.66% or 8.85 to $1344.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.21% or 1.97 to hit $44.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.48% or 2.17 to trade at $46.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.13% to 63.9739, while EUR/RUB rose 0.71% to 71.049.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 96.19.