Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Akron (MCX:AKRN), which rose 2.98% or 96.0 points to trade at 3320.0 at the close. MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 2.03% or 0.0505 points to end at 2.5355 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 1.89% or 5.00 points to 270.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which lost 4.58% or 0.0081 points to trade at 0.1688 in late trade. MiMES Rostelekom OAO Pref (MCX:RTKM_p) declined 1.94% or 1.00 points to end at 50.60 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) shed 1.89% or 0.610 points to 31.590.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 88 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.25% to 20.490.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.60% or 7.43 to $1241.13 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.26 to hit $46.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.31 to trade at $48.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.35% to 59.1499, while EUR/RUB rose 0.73% to 68.5060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 94.40.