Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the declined 2.40% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:), which rose 0.98% or 13.60 points to trade at 1,400.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:) unchanged 0.06% or 0.00 points to end at 6.80 and Yandex NV (MCX:) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4,071.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:), which fell 6.82% or 257.50 points to trade at 3,520.50 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:) declined 6.09% or 92.00 points to end at 1,411.00 and Rostelekom PAO (MCX:) was down 6.07% or 5.18 points to 80.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 235 to 16 and 1 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 15.41% to 33.11 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 10.00 to $2,377.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 1.00 to hit $82.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $85.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 88.35, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 95.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 104.69.
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