Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which rose 4.40% or 0.1580 points to trade at 3.7500 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 4.16% or 1.140 points to end at 28.540 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 4.14% or 40.10 points to 1007.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which lost 2.38% or 0.0230 points to trade at 0.9450 in late trade. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) declined 2.27% or 18 points to end at 775 and ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) shed 1.66% or 23.0 points to 1365.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 107 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.23% to 24.060.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.51% or 6.05 to $1170.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.80% or 0.93 to hit $50.86 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.71% or 0.94 to trade at $54.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 63.8167, while EUR/RUB fell 0.55% to 68.322.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 100.58.