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 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which rose 4.20% or 2.25 points to trade at 55.80 at the close. Meanwhile, RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) added 4.16% or 0.0318 points to end at 0.7964 and Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) was up 3.06% or 1.900 points to 64.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 3.48% or 33.00 points to trade at 914.00 at the close. Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) declined 3.38% or 26.30 points to end at 752.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was down 2.73% or 3.56 points to 127.07.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 117 to 111 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.16% or 0.0318 to 0.7964. Shares in Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.06% or 1.900 to 64.000.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.68% to 27.890.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.37% or 4.85 to $1311.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.43% or 1.59 to hit $44.76 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.41% or 1.66 to trade at $47.07 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.10% to 65.3280, while EUR/RUB rose 0.12% to 72.937.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.97.