Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 1.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 1,083.80 at the close. GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:GLTRDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 519.25 and T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:TCSG) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,384.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which lost 5.57% or 14.80 points to trade at 251.00 in late trade. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM) declined 3.79% or 0.31 points to end at 7.81 and ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES) 3.41% or 0.00 points to 0.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 213 to 30 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 5.34% to 43.28.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.25% or 33.55 to $2,719.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.19 to trade at $71.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 3.05% to 103.05, while EUR/RUB rose 2.77% to 108.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 106.11.