Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 11.96% or 0.0851 points to trade at 0.7966 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 2.38% or 0.0039 points to end at 0.1657 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 1.78% or 0.0720 points to 4.1095 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lukoil (MCX:LKOH), which fell 2.34% or 117.5 points to trade at 4898.5 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 2.33% or 19.40 points to end at 813.80 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was down 2.30% or 4.70 points to 199.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 116 to 93 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.57% to 26.320.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.49% or 17.80 to $1209.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $75.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.02 to trade at $85.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.48% to 65.2963, while EUR/RUB rose 0.38% to 75.4900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.03.