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

Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

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

The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which fell 5.94% or 39.60 points to trade at 626.70 at the close. VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO) declined 5.52% or 19.80 points to end at 339.20 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) 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 Russian VIX, 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.