Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 2.50% or 0.225 points to trade at 9.225 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) added 1.83% or 0.780 points to end at 43.350 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) was up 1.32% or 10.0 points to 769.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which lost 5.62% or 0.0448 points to trade at 0.7518 in late trade. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) declined 4.07% or 25 points to end at 589 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) shed 3.65% or 15.00 points to 396.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 134 to 85 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.52% to 15.570 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1264.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.47% or 0.27 to hit $57.49 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.19 to trade at $63.60 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.24% to 58.8050, while EUR/RUB rose 0.60% to 69.5075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.19.