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 fell 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which rose 12.99% or 83.0 points to trade at 722.0 at the close. MVideo (MCX:MVID) added 3.93% or 15.30 points to end at 405.00 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 1.99% or 6.20 points to 317.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTADR), which lost 4.27% or 14 points to trade at 314 in late trade. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 3.51% or 171.0 points to end at 4697.0 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 3.45% or 4.22 points to 118.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 86 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.07% to 18.450.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.85% or 10.90 to $1266.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $57.49 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.22 to trade at $62.67 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.11% to 58.7345, while EUR/RUB fell 0.37% to 69.4282.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 93.31.