Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.20% By Investing.com

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 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the were Rosseti ao (MCX:), which rose 4.75% or 0.0383 points to trade at 0.8448 at the close. Meanwhile, Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:) added 1.65% or 3.26 points to end at 201.26 and Unipro (MCX:) was up 1.51% or 0.0400 points to 2.6900 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:), which fell 2.98% or 17.6 points to trade at 572.4 at the close. PIK (MCX:) declined 1.84% or 6.80 points to end at 363.00 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:) was down 1.56% or 209.0 points to 13180.0.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 121 to 95 and 17 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.69% to 24.630.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.47% or 6.05 to $1294.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $52.09 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.31 to trade at $60.95 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.85% to 66.3903, while EUR/RUB fell 0.93% to 75.6958.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.648.

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