Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms , Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 0.55%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Polyus PJSC (MCX: PLZL ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 19,017.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 1,083.80 and TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin Pref (MCX: TATN_p ) was down 0.52% or 3.40 points to 651.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ), which fell 3.51% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.92 at the close. Novolipetsk Steel (MCX: NLMK ) declined 3.51% or 5.42 points to end at 149.04 and MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX: GMKN ) was down 2.92% or 3.80 points to 125.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 186 to 54 and 12 ended unchanged.

Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.53% to 41.97 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 2.00 to $3,056.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.36% or 0.94 to hit $69.94 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $73.31 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.06% to 84.12, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 90.40.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 104.20.