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 MICEX lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 2.78% or 0.0251 points to trade at 0.9286 at the close. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) added 2.30% or 3.05 points to end at 135.85 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 2.18% or 3.25 points to 152.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 3.16% or 23.00 points to trade at 704.10 in late trade. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 1.89% or 0.740 points to end at 38.320 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) shed 1.45% or 131.0 points to 8919.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 108 to 106 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.64% to 18.860 a new 3-year low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 11.23 to $1279.17 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $47.45 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.14 to trade at $50.59 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.15% to 59.7743, while EUR/RUB fell 0.49% to 70.1500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.72.