Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which rose 3.91% or 0.1545 points to trade at 4.1050 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) added 3.13% or 5.94 points to end at 195.61 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was up 2.80% or 1.60 points to 58.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lukoil (MCX:LKOH), which fell 3.63% or 188.5 points to trade at 5000.0 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 2.43% or 0.0271 points to end at 1.0865 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was down 2.35% or 0.590 points to 24.485.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 119 to 107 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.13% or 5.94 to 195.61.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.03% to 19.170.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.20% or 2.55 to $1298.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $62.01 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.59 to trade at $71.83 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.50% to 64.6220, while EUR/RUB fell 0.47% to 72.4100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.333.
