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 MOEX Russia fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 3.87% or 22.0 points to trade at 590.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 3.42% or 129.5 points to end at 3920.0 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 1.96% or 1.52 points to 79.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which fell 2.87% or 1.290 points to trade at 43.680 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 2.30% or 0.710 points to end at 30.150 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) was down 1.45% or 2.33 points to 158.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 117 to 98 and 18 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.33% to 25.230.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.24% or 3.05 to $1288.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.38% or 1.20 to hit $51.71 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.63% or 0.96 to trade at $59.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.06% to 67.0389, while EUR/RUB fell 0.64% to 76.4175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 95.745.