Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas , Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 1.86%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Polyus PJSC (MCX: PLZL ), which rose 2.98% or 49.40 points to trade at 1,705.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX: TRNF_p ) added 2.34% or 29.00 points to end at 1,250.00 and Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX: MTSS ) was up 1.50% or 3.25 points to 219.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novolipetsk Steel (MCX: NLMK ), which fell 2.05% or 2.60 points to trade at 124.32 at the close. MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX: GMKN ) declined 1.91% or 2.10 points to end at 107.80 and TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX: TATN ) was down 1.85% or 13.00 points to 690.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 199 to 45 and 8 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 3.47% to 41.40.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.82% or 58.80 to $3,292.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $62.26 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $65.60 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 81.01, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 90.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 99.88.