Price swings in Russian equities have risen to the widest in four months as a selloff in oil dimmed the outlook for Europe’s biggest crude exporter, which already has been battered by international sanctions and the ruble’s plunge. Historical 15-day volatility in the Market Vectors Russia ETF, the largest exchange-traded fund tracking the country’s stocks, jumped to 38 percent this week as the fund slumped for the fifth time in six days. The ETF, about 40 percent invested in energy companies, has retreated 11 percent this year as Brent slumped 19 percent. Russia ETF Some investors who had returned to Russia in 2015 after the world’s biggest stock slump in 2014 are backpedaling as Brent trades for less than a third its five-year average. Crude prices may continue to fall and remain weak for years, Russia’s finance minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday in Moscow. The nation relies on […]