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

Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.

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

The biggest gainers 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. 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.

Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 5.94% or 39.60 points to trade at 626.70 in late trade. VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO) declined 5.52% or 19.80 points to end at 339.20 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) shed 4.31% or 0.72 points to 15.95.

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

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

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 2.80 to $2,540.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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.