Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 2.46% or 17.00 points to trade at 708.50 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 2.24% or 0.0186 points to end at 0.8501 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was up 1.26% or 7.00 points to 561.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 4.35% or 12.80 points to trade at 281.20 in late trade. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 2.35% or 0.0900 points to end at 3.7450 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) shed 2.19% or 5.90 points to 263.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 87 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.38% to 21.220.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.33% or 4.08 to $1250.22 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.32% or 1.54 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 3.07% or 1.49 to trade at $50.09 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.06% to 59.9707, while EUR/RUB rose 0.17% to 70.0830.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.84.