Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 1.31%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Sollers (MCX:SVAV), which rose 3.22% or 14.0 points to trade at 449.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 2.44% or 0.99 points to end at 41.49 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 1.76% or 4.70 points to 271.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which fell 3.69% or 2.68 points to trade at 70.01 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 3.58% or 35.00 points to end at 944.00 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was down 3.45% or 21.30 points to 595.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 122 to 65 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 7.37% to 32.570 a new 3-months low.
Gold for June delivery was up 2.01% or 24.00 to $1216.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.99% or 0.60 to hit $61.35 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.01 to trade at $68.39 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.76% to 49.152, while EUR/RUB fell 0.36% to 55.836.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.12% at 93.64.