Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.47%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms , Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 0.47%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO ), which rose 1.83% or 4.60 points to trade at 256.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:SNGS_p ) added 1.82% or 1.01 points to end at 56.51 and Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL ) was up 1.81% or 267.00 points to 15,044.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES ), which unchanged 0.90% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO ) declined 0.59% or 0.01 points to end at 1.68 and FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:HYDR ) was 0.45% or 0.00 points to 0.47.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 123 to 114 and 12 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 15.84% to 39.85.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.26% or 34.36 to $2,752.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.51% or 1.72 to hit $70.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.93% or 1.39 to trade at $73.58 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 2.39% to 105.50, while EUR/RUB rose 2.06% to 110.72.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 106.36.

Source: Investing.com