Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 1.05%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 1.05%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 4.05% or 1.96 points to trade at 50.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YDEX) added 1.24% or 47.50 points to end at 3,891.50 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 0.74% or 1.92 points to 262.42 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which fell 6.27% or 1.07 points to trade at 16.05 at the close. Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR) declined 3.68% or 121.50 points to end at 3,183.00 and FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:HYDR) was down 3.32% or 0.02 points to 0.54.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 181 to 64 and 8 ended unchanged.

Shares in FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:HYDR) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.32% or 0.02 to 0.54.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.14% to 34.75.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.55% or 14.00 to $2,538.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.52% or 1.15 to hit $74.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $77.41 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 91.48, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 101.74.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 100.97.