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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index lost 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were VK Company Ltd (MCX: VKCO ), which rose 9.17% or 28.40 points to trade at 338.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX: PIKK ) added 6.45% or 32.00 points to end at 528.00 and Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ) was up 2.62% or 0.05 points to 2.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ), which fell 1.62% or 0.15 points to trade at 9.36 at the close. Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX: MAGN ) declined 0.68% or 0.27 points to end at 38.46 and MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX: GMKN ) was down 0.43% or 0.50 points to 119.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 153 to 90 and 10 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 6.69% to 37.67.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.41% or 37.90 to $2,720.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 3.47% or 2.65 to hit $79.02 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.08% or 2.46 to trade at $82.38 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.82% to 102.50, while EUR/RUB fell 0.31% to 105.53.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 108.96.