Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.20%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p ), which rose 1.55% or 0.75 points to trade at 49.08 at the close. Meanwhile, HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR ) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK ), which fell 5.94% or 39.60 points to trade at 626.70 at the close. VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO ) declined 5.52% or 19.80 points to end at 339.20 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS ) was down 4.31% or 0.72 points to 15.95.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 169 to 75 and 10 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 13.98% to 37.10.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 2.80 to $2,540.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.48% or 1.63 to hit $67.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $70.74 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 91.58, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 100.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 101.71.

Source: Investing.com