Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 1.05%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 1.05%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN), which rose 0.58% or 0.25 points to trade at 43.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (MCX:MTSS) added 0.03% or 0.05 points to end at 198.95 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which fell 5.66% or 40.00 points to trade at 666.30 at the close. Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) declined 4.42% or 58.00 points to end at 1,255.00 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was down 3.64% or 0.63 points to 16.67.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 163 to 84 and 8 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.39% to 35.66.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.52% or 13.05 to $2,545.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.49% or 2.40 to hit $66.31 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $69.71 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 91.00, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 100.28.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.64.