Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 2.25% or 37.0 points to trade at 1682.0 at the close. Meanwhile, MVideo (MCX:MVID) added 2.22% or 9.00 points to end at 414.00 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was up 1.79% or 0.0500 points to 2.8500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which fell 8.14% or 13.62 points to trade at 153.68 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 4.67% or 4.90 points to end at 100.05 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 3.49% or 1.620 points to 44.855.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 149 to 61 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.67% or 4.90 to 100.05.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.46% to 22.300.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.40 to $1277.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.81% or 1.19 to hit $64.50 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.58 to trade at $74.76 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.53% to 63.7945, while EUR/RUB rose 0.03% to 73.7973.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 94.75.