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 MOEX Russia fell 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 2.25% or 37.0 points to trade at 1682.0 at the close. MVideo (MCX:MVID) added 2.22% or 9.00 points to end at 414.00 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was up 1.79% or 0.0500 points to 2.8500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which lost 8.14% or 13.62 points to trade at 153.68 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 4.67% or 4.90 points to end at 100.05 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 3.49% or 1.620 points to 44.855.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 149 to 61 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.46% to 22.300.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.50 to $1277.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.81% or 1.19 to hit $64.50 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.58 to trade at $74.76 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.53% to 63.7929, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 73.7930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 94.75.