Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index lost 1.94%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 1,083.80 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:GLTRDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 519.25 and T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:TCSG) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,384.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which fell 5.57% or 14.80 points to trade at 251.00 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM) declined 3.79% or 0.31 points to end at 7.81 and ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES) was 3.41% or 0.00 points to 0.07.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 213 to 30 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 5.34% to 43.28.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.25% or 33.59 to $2,719.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.19 to trade at $71.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 3.05% to 103.05, while EUR/RUB rose 2.77% to 108.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 106.11.