Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecom, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI fell 1.74%, while the MICEX index declined 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the RTSI were NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which rose 7.42% or 0.1150 points to trade at 1.6650 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) added 7.35% or 75.0 points to end at 1095.0 and LSR (MCX:LSRG) was up 5.58% or 29.0 points to 549.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which fell 4.38% or 10.55 points to trade at 230.05 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 3.96% or 2.94 points to end at 71.26 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was down 2.92% or 2.290 points to 76.160.
The top performers on the MICEX were NMTP (MCX:NMTP) which rose 7.42% to 1.6650, Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) which was up 7.35% to settle at 1095.0 and LSR (MCX:LSRG) which gained 5.58% to close at 549.0.
The worst performers were MTS (MCX:MTSS) which was down 4.38% to 230.05 in late trade, Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) which lost 3.96% to settle at 71.26 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) which was down 2.92% to 76.160 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 76 to 68 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.39% or 4.90 to $1236.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 4.16% or 2.20 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 2.33% or 1.39 to trade at $57.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.14% to 66.448, while EUR/RUB rose 0.87% to 75.239.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 94.80.