Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were E.ON Rossiya OAO (MCX:UPRO), which rose 2.85% or 0.0790 points to trade at 2.8500 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 2.59% or 7.40 points to end at 292.60 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 1.17% or 113.0 points to 9780.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 3.49% or 4.45 points to trade at 123.00 in late trade. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) declined 3.32% or 2.990 points to end at 87.000 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 3.31% or 357.0 points to 10432.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 161 to 75 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.31% to 25.460.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.09% or 14.60 to $1329.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.55% or 1.63 to hit $44.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.46% or 1.66 to trade at $46.27 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.17% to 64.0350, while EUR/RUB fell 0.11% to 71.820.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 95.40.