Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 2.56% or 10.40 points to trade at 417.40 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 2.26% or 2.65 points to end at 119.65 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was up 1.79% or 10 points to 596 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 3.52% or 26.5 points to trade at 727.0 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 2.53% or 130.0 points to end at 5000.0 and Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTADR) shed 2.01% or 8 points to 365.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 102 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.35% to 21.240.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.42% or 18.80 to $1338.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $62.42 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $65.60 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.45% to 56.6713, while EUR/RUB rose 1.05% to 70.3352.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 89.53.