Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Akron (MCX:AKRN), which rose 2.98% or 96.0 points to trade at 3320.0 at the close. Meanwhile, MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 2.03% or 0.0505 points to end at 2.5355 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 1.89% or 5.00 points to 270.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which fell 4.58% or 0.0081 points to trade at 0.1688 at the close. MiMES Rostelekom OAO Pref (MCX:RTKM_p) declined 1.94% or 1.00 points to end at 50.60 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was down 1.89% or 0.610 points to 31.590.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 119 to 88 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in MiMES Rostelekom OAO Pref (MCX:RTKM_p) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.94% or 1.00 to 50.60.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.25% to 20.490.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.61% or 7.53 to $1241.23 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.54% or 0.25 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.31 to trade at $48.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.35% to 59.1500, while EUR/RUB rose 0.73% to 68.5060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 94.40.