Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 5.00% or 90.00 points to trade at 1889.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.33% or 3.12 points to end at 137.15 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 1.92% or 0.0031 points to 0.1645 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which fell 3.87% or 28.5 points to trade at 708.0 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 3.75% or 308.0 points to end at 7913.0 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was down 2.26% or 0.0217 points to 0.9380.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 129 to 93 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Magnit (MCX:MGNT) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.75% or 308.0 to 7913.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.13% to 15.180 a new all time low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.65 to $1277.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.92% or 0.48 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.36% or 0.78 to trade at $58.15 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.19% to 57.6600, while EUR/RUB rose 0.34% to 67.8200.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.81.