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 declined 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 4.83% or 19.30 points to trade at 419.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 4.47% or 4.20 points to end at 98.25 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 4.24% or 3.53 points to 86.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 3.59% or 23.0 points to trade at 617.0 at the close. NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) declined 3.37% or 36.00 points to end at 1031.50 and Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) was down 2.40% or 101.0 points to 4099.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 102 to 93 and 26 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.63% to 30.320.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.61% or 7.50 to $1225.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.13% or 0.76 to hit $66.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.66% or 1.28 to trade at $76.06 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.37% to 65.6031, while EUR/RUB fell 0.52% to 74.5600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 96.62.