Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Unipro (MCX:UPRO), which rose 3.19% or 0.0790 points to trade at 2.5590 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 2.58% or 0.1600 points to end at 6.3550 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 1.78% or 12.00 points to 687.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MTS (MCX:MTSS), which lost 3.31% or 8.90 points to trade at 260.10 in late trade. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 3.28% or 0.730 points to end at 21.545 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 2.69% or 3.05 points to 110.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 92 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 5.60% to 26.490.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.22% or 2.65 to $1199.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.70% or 0.81 to hit $48.53 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.71 to trade at $51.63 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.32% to 58.9735, while EUR/RUB fell 0.38% to 62.799.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 101.29.