Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 4.09% or 16.0 points to trade at 407.0 at the close. Meanwhile, X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 3.80% or 63.0 points to end at 1719.5 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 2.36% or 4.30 points to 186.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which fell 4.05% or 1.805 points to trade at 42.750 at the close. Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) declined 3.43% or 175.0 points to end at 4925.0 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was down 1.77% or 1.45 points to 80.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 83 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.77% or 1.45 to 80.70.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.83% to 27.630.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1252.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 5.34% or 2.68 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 4.11% or 2.45 to trade at $57.16 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.33% to 66.9976, while EUR/RUB rose 0.53% to 76.1696.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.468.