Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Rosneft (MCX:ROSN), which rose 3.28% or 8.45 points to trade at 266.00 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 3.26% or 1.69 points to end at 53.53 and Mostotrest (MCX:MSTT) was up 1.59% or 1.20 points to 76.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MMK (MCX:MAGN), which lost 3.96% or 0.890 points to trade at 21.580 in late trade. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 3.41% or 2.58 points to end at 73.00 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) shed 3.23% or 19.90 points to 596.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 82 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.09% to 36.670.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.30 to $1085.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.71% or 1.20 to hit $43.01 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.83% or 1.36 to trade at $46.74 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.26% to 65.281, while EUR/RUB rose 1.32% to 70.017.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 99.17.