Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 2.51%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which rose 0.43% or 3.60 points to trade at 833.90 at the close. Meanwhile, X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 2,798.00 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4,071.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN), which fell 6.27% or 35.10 points to trade at 525.00 at the close. Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR) declined 5.54% or 221.50 points to end at 3,778.00 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was down 5.15% or 34.70 points to 639.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 238 to 14.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.40% to 27.72 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.32% or 7.60 to $2,371.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.63% or 0.52 to hit $81.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.02 to trade at $85.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.03% to 86.48, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 93.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.81.