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 3.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which rose 2.67% or 1.52 points to trade at 58.72 at the close. GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:GLTRDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 519.25 and Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) was down 1.05% or 153.00 points to 14,418.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES), which unchanged 5.11% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.08 in late trade. Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX:MTSS) declined 4.84% or 9.50 points to end at 186.60 and Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) shed 4.58% or 56.00 points to 1,167.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 244 to 10 and 1 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 3.96% to 43.82 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 21.25 to $2,635.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.38% or 0.26 to hit $69.43 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $73.46 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.82% to 100.57, while EUR/RUB rose 0.80% to 106.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.12.