Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 3.07% or 57.0 points to trade at 1911.0 at the close. MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) added 1.68% or 8.00 points to end at 484.00 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 1.46% or 1.280 points to 88.750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which lost 3.81% or 148.0 points to trade at 3737.0 in late trade. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 3.15% or 3.75 points to end at 115.40 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) shed 3.09% or 67.50 points to 2118.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 93 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 9.17% to 20.600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.97% or 26.00 to $1292.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $70.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.67 to trade at $78.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.79% to 62.3359, while EUR/RUB rose 0.32% to 74.0135.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 92.94.