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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 2.17% to hit a new 3-months low.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were VK Company Ltd (MCX: VKCO ), which rose 6.07% or 17.30 points to trade at 302.30 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX: PIKK ) added 2.79% or 17.10 points to end at 630.80 and Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX: MAGN ) was up 2.12% or 0.69 points to 33.21 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ), which fell 3.42% or 0.23 points to trade at 6.43 at the close. TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin Pref (MCX: TATN_p ) declined 2.70% or 16.30 points to end at 587.20 and LUKOIL PJSC (MCX: LKOH ) was down 1.52% or 91.50 points to 5,921.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 192 to 55 and 3 ended unchanged.

Shares in LUKOIL PJSC (MCX: LKOH ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.52% or 91.50 to 5,921.50.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 3.03% to 32.99.

Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 5.60 to $3,322.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $68.30 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $70.16 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 77.82, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 91.51.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.16.