Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which rose 2.52% or 17.5 points to trade at 711.0 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 1.14% or 3.60 points to end at 319.00 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 1.03% or 0.455 points to 44.625 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 5.23% or 2.300 points to trade at 41.700 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 4.17% or 80.00 points to end at 1840.00 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) shed 2.37% or 3.60 points to 148.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 103 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.930.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 8.55 to $1293.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.90% or 1.44 to hit $51.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.09 to trade at $56.88 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.68% to 57.9527, while EUR/RUB fell 0.12% to 68.3750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 93.08.