Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 3.62% or 68.5 points to trade at 1963.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 2.47% or 89.5 points to end at 3720.0 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 1.86% or 12.40 points to 678.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 6.42% or 29.2 points to trade at 425.7 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 2.22% or 13.2 points to end at 581.2 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) was down 2.20% or 10.8 points to 480.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 129 to 101 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.62% or 68.5 to 1963.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.26% to 19.410.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.30% or 3.85 to $1285.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.65% or 0.41 to hit $63.91 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.63 to trade at $72.17 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.35% to 64.6953, while EUR/RUB rose 0.64% to 72.5500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 97.227.