Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Akron (MCX:AKRN), which rose 3.27% or 120.0 points to trade at 3795.0 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 2.96% or 39.00 points to end at 1357.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.48% or 2.65 points to 109.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which lost 5.18% or 0.0345 points to trade at 0.6320 in late trade. E.ON Russia (MCX:EONR) declined 4.75% or 0.1260 points to end at 2.5280 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) shed 4.66% or 125.5 points to 2570.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 129 to 81 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.39% to 33.500.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.07% or 0.85 to $1217.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.30% or 0.64 to hit $49.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.45 to trade at $50.81 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.49% to 66.1153, while EUR/RUB rose 0.58% to 73.687.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.72.