Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRO), which rose 3.99% or 46 points to trade at 1198 at the close. Meanwhile, MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) added 2.85% or 241.0 points to end at 8700.0 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 2.33% or 0.0021 points to 0.0911 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which fell 3.42% or 25.00 points to trade at 706.00 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 2.23% or 8.00 points to end at 351.00 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was down 2.08% or 0.0016 points to 0.0740.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 139 to 85 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.42% or 25.00 to 706.00. Shares in FSK EES (MCX:FEES) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.33% or 0.0021 to 0.0911.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.94% to 36.640.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.93% or 11.30 to $1230.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $35.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.01 to trade at $37.70 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.93% to 69.3867, while EUR/RUB rose 1.28% to 79.102.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 94.57.