Investing.com - Russia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the MOEX Telecommunication, MOEX Electric Utilities and MOEX Oil and Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were PhosAgro ao (MCX: PHOR ), which rose 0.22% or 13.00 points to trade at 6,012.00 at the close. NK Rosneft PAO (MCX: ROSN ) added 0.19% or 1.10 points to end at 574.10 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX: CBOM ) was up 0.12% or 0.01 points to 7.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which fell 3.78% or 23.70 points to trade at 602.95 in late trade. AFK Sistema (MCX: AFKS ) declined 3.21% or 0.78 points to end at 23.52 and Bank VTB PAO (MCX: VTBR ) 3.19% or 0.00 points to 0.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 181 to 65 and 7 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.01% to 23.50.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.37% or 32.00 to $2,365.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.95% or 0.79 to hit $83.60 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $87.07 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.74% to 88.50, while EUR/RUB rose 0.72% to 95.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 105.02.

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