Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 3.58% or 3.05 points to trade at 88.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) added 3.44% or 102.0 points to end at 3068.0 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 3.40% or 9.00 points to 274.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 3.69% or 393.0 points to trade at 10250.0 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 1.38% or 0.455 points to end at 32.400 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was down 1.28% or 12 points to 927.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 123 to 97 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in PIK (MCX:PIKK) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.40% or 9.00 to 274.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.89% to 28.030.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.13% or 15.15 to $1330.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.99% or 1.44 to hit $46.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.88% or 0.94 to trade at $49.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.86% to 65.1523, while EUR/RUB rose 0.32% to 73.374.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 94.75.