Stocks in Russia decrease at the close of transactions; The MOEX Russia Index fell 1.50% by Investing.com

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

At the close in Moscow, it was down 1.50%.

The best performers of the session were Surgutneftegas PJSC (MCX: ), which rose 0.98% or 0.25 points to trade at 25.14 at the close. Meanwhile, TATNEFT na VD Shashin Pref (MCX: ) rose 0.97% or 6.20 points to end at 648.40 and TATNEFT na VD Shashin (MCX: ) was up 0.46% or 3.00 points to 649.60 at the end of trading.

The worst performers of the session were Magnit PJSC (MCX: ), which fell 3.67% or 192.50 points to trade at 5,051.50 at the close. VK Company Ltd (MCX: ) declined 3.36% or 11.80 points to end at 339.00 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: ) declined 3.30% or 0.21 points to end at 6 ,24.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 210 to 37 and 7 ended unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia index options, fell 0.18% to 33.72.

Gold futures for December delivery fell 0.38%, or 10.20, to $2,680.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery rose 1.69%, or 1.18, to $71.01 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to $74.63 per barrel.

USD/RUB fell 0.03% to 95.63, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 105.67.

US dollar index futures rose 0.45% to 101.39.