Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which rose 2.94% or 26 points to trade at 911 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 2.31% or 0.520 points to end at 23.060 and Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) was up 2.24% or 59.5 points to 2715.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 4.10% or 37.50 points to trade at 878.00 in late trade. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 3.59% or 4.27 points to end at 114.73 and Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE) shed 2.41% or 20.0 points to 810.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 105 and 29 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.54% to 29.360 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.04% or 13.85 to $1318.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.86% or 0.39 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.29% or 0.60 to trade at $47.26 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.34% to 63.7578, while EUR/RUB rose 0.24% to 70.166.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.20.