Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which rose 2.70% or 2.000 points to trade at 76.000 at the close. E.ON Rossiya OAO (MCX:UPRO) added 1.58% or 0.0450 points to end at 2.8850 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 1.46% or 0.0131 points to 0.9111 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE), which lost 8.17% or 256.0 points to trade at 2876.0 in late trade. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) declined 4.03% or 0.0290 points to end at 0.6900 and Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) shed 3.78% or 2.200 points to 56.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 136 to 88 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.27% to 26.720.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.85 to $1350.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $46.42 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.30 to trade at $49.53 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.64% to 64.1910, while EUR/RUB rose 0.54% to 72.333.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 94.90.