Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.22% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 2.26% or 0.960 points to trade at 43.410 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 2.25% or 0.0520 points to end at 2.3620 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 1.94% or 1.550 points to 81.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which lost 2.55% or 19 points to trade at 727 in late trade. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) declined 2.20% or 217.0 points to end at 9650.0 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) shed 2.10% or 0.0013 points to 0.0624.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 129 to 108 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.93% to 19.850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.46% or 6.19 to $1326.51 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.62% or 0.78 to hit $49.01 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.65 to trade at $54.92 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.38% to 57.9229, while EUR/RUB fell 0.27% to 68.8375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 92.46.