Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 1.64% or 79.0 points to trade at 4882.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 1.30% or 1.05 points to end at 82.10 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) was up 1.27% or 0.85 points to 67.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which fell 3.23% or 14.00 points to trade at 420.00 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 2.98% or 0.0260 points to end at 0.8470 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) was down 2.92% or 23.0 points to 765.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 101 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.77% to 22.250.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.18% or 15.70 to $1317.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.60% or 1.02 to hit $62.89 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.84 to trade at $66.45 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.83% to 56.1748, while EUR/RUB rose 0.23% to 68.7268.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 90.32.