Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 1.67% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL), which rose 4.02% or 526.00 points to trade at 13,600.00 at the close. TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 1.80% or 9.80 points to end at 553.70 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM) was up 1.79% or 0.14 points to 8.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LUKOIL PJSC (MCX:LKOH), which lost 7.15% or 485.00 points to trade at 6,294.50 in late trade. Severstal PJSC (MCX:CHMF) declined 3.60% or 38.00 points to end at 1,016.40 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) shed 2.63% or 0.78 points to 28.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 139 to 101 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 1.97% to 48.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.32% or 8.51 to $2,661.49 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.37% or 0.97 to hit $69.74 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.67 to trade at $73.24 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.97% to 104.60, while EUR/RUB rose 0.77% to 109.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.67.