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 fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the were Surgut-pref (MCX:), which rose 1.55% or 0.75 points to trade at 49.08 at the close. Meanwhile, HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:), which fell 5.94% or 39.60 points to trade at 626.70 at the close. VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:) declined 5.52% or 19.80 points to end at 339.20 and AFK Sistema (MCX:) was down 4.31% or 0.72 points to 15.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 169 to 75 and 10 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 13.98% to 37.10.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 2.80 to $2,540.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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.
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