Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 3.73% or 87.00 points to trade at 2420.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) added 3.66% or 22.0 points to end at 623.5 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 1.77% or 6.00 points to 345.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which fell 7.65% or 0.0144 points to trade at 0.1746 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 2.44% or 0.610 points to end at 24.430 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was down 2.41% or 5.49 points to 222.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 126 to 85 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in PIK (MCX:PIKK) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.77% or 6.00 to 345.20.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.36% to 22.340.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.93% or 11.50 to $1228.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $67.09 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.32 to trade at $72.16 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.29% to 62.5036, while EUR/RUB fell 0.17% to 72.8583.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 94.72.