Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 4.13% or 73.0 points to trade at 1840.0 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.56% or 4.02 points to end at 161.10 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 2.02% or 19.40 points to 980.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which lost 4.83% or 7.02 points to trade at 138.29 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 3.31% or 3.30 points to end at 96.25 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) shed 3.15% or 19.5 points to 599.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 105 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.85% to 23.800.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1226.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.30% or 0.20 to hit $67.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.57 to trade at $72.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.64% to 62.9964, while EUR/RUB rose 0.63% to 73.4312.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.75.