Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which rose 2.17% or 1.80 points to trade at 84.80 at the close. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 1.84% or 8.90 points to end at 493.90 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 1.56% or 5.00 points to 324.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 4.08% or 29.5 points to trade at 694.0 in late trade. PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) declined 3.87% or 93.0 points to end at 2313.0 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) shed 3.10% or 0.860 points to 26.840.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 83 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.17% to 22.990.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1292.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $72.61 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.69 to trade at $79.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.82% to 61.0958, while EUR/RUB fell 0.89% to 72.0117.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.46.