Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 4.32% or 13.10 points to trade at 316.50 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 3.87% or 0.840 points to end at 22.530 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) was up 3.81% or 33.5 points to 912.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which lost 5.56% or 1.900 points to trade at 32.300 in late trade. Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) declined 4.36% or 6.36 points to end at 139.48 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) shed 2.94% or 0.960 points to 31.700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 92 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.43% to 30.970 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.33% or 4.35 to $1333.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.76% or 0.35 to hit $45.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.20 to trade at $46.76 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.96% to 63.4674, while EUR/RUB rose 0.43% to 69.899.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 97.10.