Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which rose 3.39% or 11.00 points to trade at 335.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 2.76% or 11.70 points to end at 436.00 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 2.74% or 52.00 points to 1950.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 4.10% or 329.0 points to trade at 7693.0 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 2.36% or 4.35 points to end at 180.00 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was down 1.92% or 0.0031 points to 0.1580.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 94 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Magnit (MCX:MGNT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.10% or 329.0 to 7693.0. Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) rose to all time highs; rising 2.74% or 52.00 to 1950.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.28% to 16.510.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.59% or 7.50 to $1270.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $54.20 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.17 to trade at $60.76 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.67% to 58.3600, while EUR/RUB rose 0.71% to 68.0200.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.43.