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 fell 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 1.31% or 0.0142 points to trade at 1.0942 at the close. Meanwhile, Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) added 1.26% or 9 points to end at 754 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) was up 1.19% or 0.90 points to 76.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which fell 1.95% or 11.8 points to trade at 593.4 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 1.93% or 14.80 points to end at 750.50 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was down 1.72% or 248.0 points to 14152.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 131 to 91 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.19% or 0.90 to 76.65.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.24% to 21.170.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.55 to $1285.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.12% or 0.70 to hit $61.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.91 to trade at $70.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.12% to 65.2999, while EUR/RUB fell 0.13% to 72.9674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 97.453.