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 MICEX declined 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 5.29% or 9.60 points to trade at 191.00 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 2.49% or 0.0038 points to end at 0.1587 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) was up 2.23% or 17.5 points to 802.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which fell 4.68% or 3.53 points to trade at 71.95 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 4.14% or 0.540 points to end at 12.490 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was down 2.40% or 3.00 points to 122.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 121 to 94 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.40% or 3.00 to 122.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.17% to 27.130.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.54 to $1246.04 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.99% or 0.43 to hit $43.08 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.55 to trade at $45.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.59% to 59.9742, while EUR/RUB fell 0.18% to 66.2930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.38.