Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which rose 7.51% or 4.10 points to trade at 58.70 at the close. Meanwhile, ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 3.52% or 2.860 points to end at 84.000 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 2.80% or 23.50 points to 862.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which fell 3.09% or 10.70 points to trade at 335.20 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 2.88% or 0.680 points to end at 22.930 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was down 2.77% or 0.0215 points to 0.7560.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 115 to 101 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) rose to all time highs; rising 3.52% or 2.860 to 84.000.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.74% to 26.680.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.75 to $1326.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.38% or 1.07 to hit $43.83 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.14% or 1.01 to trade at $46.09 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.28% to 65.1162, while EUR/RUB fell 0.18% to 73.339.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.27.