Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.41% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 3.34% or 24.00 points to trade at 743.50 at the close. NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) added 1.48% or 9.00 points to end at 618.00 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) was up 1.33% or 0.0109 points to 0.8309 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which lost 7.45% or 1.055 points to trade at 13.105 in late trade. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 3.43% or 12.90 points to end at 363.40 and MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) shed 2.82% or 0.0670 points to 2.3130.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 95 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.83% to 25.160 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.01% or 12.92 to $1295.62 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.08% or 0.51 to hit $47.91 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.33 to trade at $49.80 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.19% to 56.5034, while EUR/RUB rose 0.17% to 63.8220.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 96.57.