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 MOEX Russia lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 5.06% or 22.0 points to trade at 457.2 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 4.99% or 68.5 points to end at 1442.0 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 2.78% or 29.00 points to 1073.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which lost 3.22% or 37.20 points to trade at 1117.40 in late trade. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) declined 1.65% or 2.78 points to end at 165.91 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) shed 1.25% or 1.30 points to 102.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 99 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.04% to 26.510.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.90 to $1229.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.54% or 1.83 to hit $70.09 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.66% or 1.35 to trade at $80.06 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.09% to 65.3675, while EUR/RUB fell 0.29% to 75.3975.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 95.08.