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Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MICEX down 0.90%

Published 07/01/2015, 12:45 PM
Updated 07/01/2015, 12:45 PM
© Reuters. Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MICEX down 0.90%

© Reuters. Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MICEX down 0.90%

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 fell 0.90%.

The best performers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 2.95% or 0.0019 points to trade at 0.0649 at the close. Meanwhile, SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 2.18% or 1.53 points to end at 71.60 and Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE) was up 2.18% or 16.0 points to 751.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which fell 3.00% or 285.0 points to trade at 9215.0 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 2.63% or 3550 points to end at 131250 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was down 2.49% or 3.65 points to 142.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 105 to 88 and 7 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.57% to 35.100.

Gold for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.20 to $1169.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.26% or 1.94 to hit $57.53 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.72% or 1.09 to trade at $62.49 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.66% to 55.602, while EUR/RUB fell 0.06% to 61.605.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 96.29.

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