Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN), which rose 5.04% or 17.75 points to trade at 370.00 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 3.52% or 0.990 points to end at 29.090 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was up 2.26% or 3.50 points to 158.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which lost 5.59% or 106.5 points to trade at 1800.0 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 3.82% or 80.50 points to end at 2025.00 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) shed 3.10% or 12.80 points to 400.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 89 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.75% to 29.110.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.71% or 9.50 to $1323.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $67.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.27 to trade at $73.59 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.30% to 62.4149, while EUR/RUB rose 0.84% to 76.0100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.94.