Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the MOEX Metals and Mining, MOEX Telecommunication and MOEX Oil and Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Bank VTB PJSC (MCX:VTBR), which rose 4.65% or 3.99 points to trade at 89.84 at the close. Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) added 1.54% or 0.03 points to end at 1.72 and TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX:TCSG) was up 1.44% or 36.50 points to 2,567.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL), which fell 2.82% or 0.99 points to trade at 33.97 in late trade. MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN) declined 2.58% or 2.70 points to end at 103.70 and Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) down 2.02% or 269.00 points to 13,019.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 178 to 61 and 12 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 7.11% to 29.66.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 9.20 to $2,626.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $73.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $76.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 96.99, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 106.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 102.68.