Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE), which rose 2.23% or 17.0 points to trade at 779.0 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 2.00% or 2.40 points to end at 122.60 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 1.86% or 25.00 points to 1371.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 5.96% or 44.50 points to trade at 702.50 in late trade. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 4.17% or 0.0074 points to end at 0.1690 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) shed 3.89% or 0.0354 points to 0.8752.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 93 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.35% to 26.580.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.35 to $1265.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.32% or 1.13 to hit $49.82 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.12% or 1.08 to trade at $51.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.51% to 62.3538, while EUR/RUB fell 0.75% to 69.837.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.18.