Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 1.47% or 2.05 points to trade at 141.30 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 1.43% or 2450 points to end at 174050 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 1.27% or 0.350 points to 27.870 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 4.60% or 238.0 points to trade at 4937.0 at the close. Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) declined 1.84% or 1.28 points to end at 68.33 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was down 1.53% or 7.10 points to 455.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 113 to 101 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.21% to 23.450.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.10 to $1303.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.31% or 0.86 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.49 to trade at $74.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.32% to 61.9442, while EUR/RUB rose 0.21% to 72.9550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.55.