Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.42%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which fell 4.35% or 12.80 points to trade at 281.20 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 2.35% or 0.0900 points to end at 3.7450 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was down 2.19% or 5.90 points to 263.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 120 to 87 and 23 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.38% to 21.220.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 3.96 to $1250.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.28% or 1.52 to hit $47.86 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 59.9709, while EUR/RUB rose 0.17% to 70.0830.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.83.