Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which rose 6.56% or 0.1440 points to trade at 2.3390 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 5.69% or 0.0070 points to end at 0.1300 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 4.41% or 7300 points to 172900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which fell 5.33% or 5.00 points to trade at 88.75 at the close. Sberbank (MCX:SBER) declined 4.81% or 6.42 points to end at 127.08 and Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) was down 3.86% or 13.05 points to 324.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 119 to 94 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 6.56% or 0.1440 to 2.3390.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.36% to 33.430.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.40 to $1284.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.15% or 0.56 to hit $48.32 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.43% or 0.72 to trade at $49.63 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.09% to 65.9829, while EUR/RUB fell 0.21% to 73.969.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.64% at 95.02.