Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 3.72% or 26.0 points to trade at 724.0 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.27% or 3.58 points to end at 161.00 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 1.88% or 0.0810 points to 4.3800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which lost 2.71% or 14.20 points to trade at 509.10 in late trade. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 2.18% or 0.205 points to end at 9.185 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) shed 2.18% or 97.0 points to 4355.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 98 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.96% to 22.070.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1255.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $73.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.68 to trade at $78.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.95% to 61.9043, while EUR/RUB fell 1.08% to 72.6561.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.95.