Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.77%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.77%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were PIK (MCX:PIKK ), which rose 1.05% or 6.70 points to trade at 643.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p ) added 0.40% or 0.22 points to end at 53.85 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 Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR ), which fell 3.51% or 119.50 points to trade at 3,286.00 at the close. Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN ) declined 3.09% or 1.43 points to end at 44.77 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS ) was down 2.92% or 0.49 points to 16.25.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 169 to 78 and 8 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.58% to 33.52.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 7.60 to $2,584.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.16% or 0.81 to hit $69.15 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $72.92 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.03% to 93.65, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 104.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 100.63.

Source: Investing.com