Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 1.41%

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 1.41%.

The best performers of the session on the were PhosAgro ao (MCX:), which rose 2.22% or 114.00 points to trade at 5,248.00 at the close. Meanwhile, TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX:) added 0.62% or 16.50 points to end at 2,659.00 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:) was up 0.25% or 0.09 points to 33.76 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:), which fell 3.22% or 20.90 points to trade at 628.50 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:) declined 3.08% or 4.31 points to end at 135.40 and Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:) was down 2.99% or 103.00 points to 3,345.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 179 to 71 and 5 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.37% to 30.24.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 4.40 to $2,681.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.40% or 1.72 to hit $69.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $73.19 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 92.51, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 102.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 100.64.