Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which rose 2.94% or 26 points to trade at 911 at the close. Meanwhile, United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 2.31% or 0.520 points to end at 23.060 and Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) was up 2.24% or 59.5 points to 2715.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 4.10% or 37.50 points to trade at 878.00 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 3.59% or 4.27 points to end at 114.73 and Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE) was down 2.41% or 20.0 points to 810.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 108 to 105 and 29 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.54% to 29.360 a new 6-months low.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.04% or 13.90 to $1318.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.86% or 0.39 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.59 to trade at $47.25 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.34% to 63.7578, while EUR/RUB rose 0.24% to 70.166.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.20.