Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG), which rose 3.81% or 0.1025 points to trade at 2.7900 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 2.68% or 18.00 points to end at 688.50 and ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) was up 2.56% or 34.0 points to 1364.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 2.41% or 3.20 points to trade at 129.80 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 2.38% or 4.60 points to end at 189.00 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) shed 2.35% or 6.60 points to 273.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 126 to 89 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.78% to 24.690.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.30% or 15.55 to $1211.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.53% or 0.28 to hit $52.65 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $55.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.70% to 59.4411, while EUR/RUB rose 0.21% to 63.579.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.04% at 100.47.