Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which rose 2.35% or 12.90 points to trade at 560.70 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 1.77% or 2600 points to end at 149250 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 1.64% or 0.0610 points to 3.7800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 3.95% or 20.6 points to trade at 501.2 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 3.66% or 57.5 points to end at 1512.0 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) shed 3.02% or 2.55 points to 82.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 127 to 85 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.18% to 30.480 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1201.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.56% or 1.73 to hit $69.27 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 1.46 to trade at $78.83 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.21% to 69.7098, while EUR/RUB fell 1.24% to 80.8180.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 95.18.