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 MOEX Russia fell 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 1.41% or 6.70 points to trade at 480.30 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 1.27% or 4.30 points to end at 342.70 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was up 0.94% or 8.50 points to 909.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which lost 3.97% or 465.0 points to trade at 11260.0 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 3.62% or 64.5 points to end at 1715.5 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) shed 2.78% or 2.95 points to 103.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 70 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 6.13% to 23.030.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.72% or 9.10 to $1246.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.40% or 1.78 to hit $72.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.39% or 2.67 to trade at $76.19 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.41% to 61.9929, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 72.5825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 94.20.