Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which rose 3.53% or 0.1300 points to trade at 3.8150 at the close. Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) added 1.98% or 260.0 points to end at 13380.0 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was up 1.44% or 4.80 points to 338.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 4.08% or 27.00 points to trade at 635.50 in late trade. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 2.83% or 0.760 points to end at 26.100 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) shed 2.47% or 20 points to 789.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 110 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.02% to 28.600.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1224.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 4.57% or 1.98 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 4.21% or 1.87 to trade at $46.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 2.10% to 64.6328, while EUR/RUB fell 2.14% to 69.319.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 100.19.