Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 2.29% or 49.50 points to trade at 2213.00 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.17% or 3.64 points to end at 171.30 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was up 2.16% or 0.1400 points to 6.6250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 4.66% or 32.0 points to trade at 655.0 in late trade. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 2.21% or 9.10 points to end at 403.50 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) shed 2.09% or 4.09 points to 191.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 100 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.01% to 23.600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.49% or 6.40 to $1303.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $64.98 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.31 to trade at $74.98 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.04% to 62.0838, while EUR/RUB rose 0.22% to 72.7675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.85.