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 fell 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were TMK ao (MCX:TRMK), which rose 2.50% or 1.40 points to trade at 57.40 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 2.17% or 3.90 points to end at 183.90 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 1.69% or 0.320 points to 19.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR), which fell 3.77% or 0.0215 points to trade at 0.5485 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 3.49% or 2.46 points to end at 67.94 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was down 3.32% or 4.90 points to 142.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 106 to 75 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.94% to 31.710 a new 1-month low.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.31% or 3.60 to $1173.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.44% or 0.88 to hit $60.13 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.70% or 1.09 to trade at $63.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.27% to 54.503, while EUR/RUB rose 1.35% to 60.969.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.61.