Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were TMK ao (MCX:TRMK), which rose 2.50% or 1.40 points to trade at 57.40 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 2.17% or 3.90 points to end at 183.90 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 1.69% or 0.320 points to 19.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which lost 3.77% or 0.0215 points to trade at 0.5485 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 3.49% or 2.46 points to end at 67.94 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) shed 3.32% or 4.90 points to 142.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 75 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.94% to 31.710 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.31% or 3.60 to $1173.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.44% or 0.88 to hit $60.13 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.70% or 1.09 to trade at $63.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.27% to 54.503, while EUR/RUB rose 1.35% to 60.969.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.61.