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 lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 2.56% or 10.40 points to trade at 417.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 2.26% or 2.65 points to end at 119.65 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was up 1.79% or 10 points to 596 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 3.52% or 26.5 points to trade at 727.0 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 2.53% or 130.0 points to end at 5000.0 and Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTADR) was down 2.01% or 8 points to 365.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 128 to 102 and 19 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.35% to 21.240.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.42% or 18.80 to $1338.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.29% or 0.18 to hit $62.39 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $65.59 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.45% to 56.6713, while EUR/RUB rose 1.05% to 70.3352.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 89.53.