Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 1.52% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 2.68% or 33.50 points to trade at 1284.00 at the close. MVideo (MCX:MVID) added 0.11% or 0.40 points to end at 373.60 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 points to 800.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which lost 4.47% or 32 points to trade at 684 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 3.89% or 1.220 points to end at 30.180 and Sberbank (MCX:SBER) shed 3.67% or 5.72 points to 150.28.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 163 to 35 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 10.76% to 26.660.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 2.35 to $1276.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.31 to hit $53.09 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.42 to trade at $55.81 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.07% to 56.9596, while EUR/RUB fell 0.47% to 60.385.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 100.61.