Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 2.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which rose 0.43% or 3.60 points to trade at 833.90 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 2,798.00 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4,071.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN), which lost 6.27% or 35.10 points to trade at 525.00 in late trade. Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR) declined 5.54% or 221.50 points to end at 3,778.00 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) shed 5.15% or 34.70 points to 639.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 238 to 14 on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.40% to 27.72 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.32% or 7.60 to $2,371.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.63% or 0.52 to hit $81.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.02 to trade at $85.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.03% to 86.48, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 93.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.81.