Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 1.79% or 21.00 points to trade at 1194.00 at the close. Meanwhile, VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 0.95% or 0.0007 points to end at 0.0709 and Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) was up 0.93% or 3.10 points to 334.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 3.87% or 355.0 points to trade at 8825.0 at the close. Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) declined 3.18% or 1.700 points to end at 51.700 and Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) was down 2.39% or 300.0 points to 12240.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 133 to 87 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Magnit (MCX:MGNT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.87% or 355.0 to 8825.0. Shares in Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.93% or 3.10 to 334.95.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.80% to 33.310.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.59% or 7.30 to $1250.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.18% or 0.52 to hit $44.56 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.64 to trade at $46.22 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.63% to 65.5905, while EUR/RUB rose 0.36% to 74.243.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.39.