Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 1.36%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 3.53% or 3.48 points to trade at 102.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 1.93% or 11.6 points to end at 612.0 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) was up 1.42% or 6.0 points to 430.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which fell 4.99% or 13.30 points to trade at 253.00 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) declined 3.48% or 0.0014 points to end at 0.0374 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was down 2.89% or 45.0 points to 1513.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 170 to 50 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.10% to 27.670.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.20 to $1224.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 5.44% or 3.11 to hit $54.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.21% or 3.48 to trade at $63.31 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.69% to 65.9958, while EUR/RUB rose 0.13% to 75.1894.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 96.49.