Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.40% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which rose 7.70% or 0.0750 points to trade at 1.0490 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 7.31% or 0.0149 points to end at 0.2183 and MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) was up 6.09% or 0.1700 points to 2.9600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which lost 4.32% or 9400 points to trade at 208100 in late trade. DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) declined 2.52% or 6.90 points to end at 267.00 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 2.16% or 0.750 points to 33.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 117 to 106 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.89% to 24.530.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1212.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.88% or 0.46 to hit $52.02 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.38 to trade at $55.09 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.27% to 59.2411, while EUR/RUB fell 0.55% to 63.286.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 100.75.