Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR), which rose 3.90% or 0.0299 points to trade at 0.7958 at the close. Meanwhile, Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) added 1.88% or 15.00 points to end at 815.00 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 1.82% or 2.15 points to 120.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC), which fell 5.19% or 4.100 points to trade at 74.900 at the close. Akron (MCX:AKRN) declined 2.84% or 95.0 points to end at 3250.0 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was down 2.58% or 4.45 points to 168.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 119 to 112 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.46% to 25.750.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.58% or 7.35 to $1270.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.02% or 1.52 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.50% or 1.29 to trade at $52.97 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.89% to 62.2564, while EUR/RUB fell 0.59% to 68.254.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.92.