Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 3.87% or 22.0 points to trade at 590.0 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 3.42% or 129.5 points to end at 3920.0 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 1.96% or 1.52 points to 79.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MMK (MCX:MAGN), which lost 2.87% or 1.290 points to trade at 43.680 in late trade. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 2.30% or 0.710 points to end at 30.150 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) shed 1.45% or 2.33 points to 158.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 117 to 98 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.29% to 25.240.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.24% or 3.05 to $1288.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.28% or 1.15 to hit $51.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.56% or 0.92 to trade at $59.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.06% to 67.0385, while EUR/RUB fell 0.64% to 76.4175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 95.752.