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 lost 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 7.25% or 0.0073 points to trade at 0.1077 at the close. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) added 6.61% or 123.0 points to end at 1983.0 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.94% or 3.00 points to 105.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which lost 6.27% or 5.60 points to trade at 83.65 in late trade. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 4.57% or 1.085 points to end at 22.650 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) shed 3.91% or 7.50 points to 184.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 98 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.25% to 37.210.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.88% or 11.40 to $1280.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.30% or 0.13 to hit $43.78 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.17 to trade at $44.80 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 2.92% to 66.5413, while EUR/RUB fell 0.05% to 76.496.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 93.25.