Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 2.88% or 13.50 points to trade at 482.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 1.89% or 3.40 points to end at 183.40 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was up 1.75% or 14.00 points to 816.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR), which fell 4.28% or 14.00 points to trade at 313.00 at the close. Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) declined 2.96% or 360.0 points to end at 11800.0 and Akron (MCX:AKRN) was down 2.78% or 77.0 points to 2696.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 112 to 77 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.24% to 37.620.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.24% or 2.70 to $1115.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.78% or 0.33 to hit $42.74 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.14 to trade at $48.59 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.55% to 65.801, while EUR/RUB rose 0.00% to 72.556.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 97.05.