Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 4.75% or 0.0383 points to trade at 0.8448 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 1.65% or 3.26 points to end at 201.26 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was up 1.51% or 0.0400 points to 2.6900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which lost 2.98% or 17.6 points to trade at 572.4 in late trade. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 1.84% or 6.80 points to end at 363.00 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) shed 1.56% or 209.0 points to 13180.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 95 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.69% to 24.630.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.48% or 6.15 to $1294.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $52.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.27 to trade at $60.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.85% to 66.3919, while EUR/RUB fell 0.93% to 75.6960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.643.