Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 5.12% or 264.0 points to trade at 5419.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 4.50% or 32.5 points to end at 754.0 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 2.92% or 7.32 points to 257.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which fell 3.20% or 4.40 points to trade at 133.20 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 2.57% or 0.810 points to end at 30.700 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 2.28% or 13.20 points to 565.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 115 to 101 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.20% or 4.40 to 133.20. Shares in Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) rose to all time highs; up 2.92% or 7.32 to 257.80.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.04% to 18.170.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1338.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.88% or 1.23 to hit $64.33 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.36% or 0.94 to trade at $68.26 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.19% to 56.4253, while EUR/RUB rose 0.26% to 69.9044.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.09.