Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 8.49% or 12.61 points to trade at 161.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) added 3.39% or 23 points to end at 702 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was up 3.28% or 77.0 points to 2424.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 6.96% or 52.00 points to trade at 695.00 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 4.87% or 8950 points to end at 174800 and Megion (MCX:MFGS) was down 4.76% or 30.0 points to 600.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 110 to 104 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.39% to 22.950.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.37% or 4.65 to $1250.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.03% or 0.98 to hit $49.35 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 0.95 to trade at $52.37 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.76% to 56.6015, while EUR/RUB fell 1.22% to 60.922.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 99.92.