Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.11% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which rose 3.23% or 1.57 points to trade at 49.95 at the close. Polyus PAO (MCX:PLZL) added 2.22% or 282.00 points to end at 12,985.00 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) was up 1.60% or 0.54 points to 34.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN), which lost 2.89% or 1.40 points to trade at 47.04 in late trade. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) declined 2.42% or 1.38 points to end at 55.65 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) shed 2.23% or 31.00 points to 1,340.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 145 to 101 and 6 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.19% to 31.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.42% or 10.80 to $2,552.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.77% or 0.57 to hit $73.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $77.20 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.04% to 91.10, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 101.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 101.24.