Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 2.78% or 0.0251 points to trade at 0.9286 at the close. Meanwhile, Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) added 2.30% or 3.05 points to end at 135.85 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 2.18% or 3.25 points to 152.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 3.16% or 23.00 points to trade at 704.10 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 1.89% or 0.740 points to end at 38.320 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was down 1.45% or 131.0 points to 8919.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 108 to 106 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.53% to 18.840 a new 3-years low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 11.23 to $1279.17 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $47.45 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.14 to trade at $50.59 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.14% to 59.7762, while EUR/RUB fell 0.49% to 70.1500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.72.