Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 3.50% or 0.900 points to trade at 26.600 at the close. Meanwhile, MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) added 3.05% or 275.0 points to end at 9300.0 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 2.92% or 2.020 points to 71.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 4.75% or 70.00 points to trade at 1403.00 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) declined 4.26% or 40 points to end at 899 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 3.16% or 10.30 points to 316.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 113 to 101 and 29 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.50% to 32.730.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.66% or 8.75 to $1344.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.23% or 1.98 to hit $44.82 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.48% or 2.17 to trade at $46.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.13% to 63.9739, while EUR/RUB rose 0.71% to 71.049.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 96.19.