Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.60% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 4.88% or 386.0 points to trade at 8299.0 at the close. Meanwhile, DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) added 3.67% or 11.30 points to end at 319.30 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 1.93% or 11.0 points to 579.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY), which fell 3.65% or 3.70 points to trade at 97.65 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 2.70% or 3.70 points to end at 133.45 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was down 2.59% or 276.0 points to 10390.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 138 to 81 and 19 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.82% to 15.230 a new all time low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.07 to $1280.37 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.30 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.13 to trade at $58.20 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.18% to 57.7442, while EUR/RUB rose 0.57% to 68.1754.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.53.