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 lost 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:), which rose 1.17% or 7.10 points to trade at 613.00 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:) unchanged 0.93% or 0.00 points to end at 0.10 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:) was up 0.74% or 9.20 points to 1,247.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:), which fell 3.86% or 31.30 points to trade at 779.80 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:) declined 2.57% or 1.33 points to end at 50.39 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:) was down 2.55% or 0.90 points to 34.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 168 to 81 and 4 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.17% to 29.82.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 21.80 to $2,486.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.49% or 1.17 to hit $77.18 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $79.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 89.79, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 98.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 102.43.
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